What are the likely risks for exposing your six-year-old to violent television programs?
a. she may hit her sister
b. she will likely be more aggressive at age 11.
c. she may be more likely to be abused as an adult.
d. she will be less likely to report abuse in others.
B. Several studies have shown that watching high amounts of violent television in middle childhood predicts aggressive behavior at later life stages.
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What will be an ideal response?
Sue took a test in both biology and math last week. The biology test had a mean of 70 and a standard deviation of 7, whereas the math test had a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 10 . Sue scored 76 on the biology test and 76 on the math test. In which test did she do better in comparison with the rest of the class?
a. The math test b. The biology test c. Both the tests d. Cannot be determined
Which best describes recent research on PMS?
a. Most PMS is caused by a defect on the 21st chromosome. b. Males experience PMS about half as often as females. c. Severe PMS appears to be totally psychosomatic (mentally, not physiologically-based). d. Expectations, not hormones, play a bigger role in many cases of PMS.
Which of the following proposes that we use social differentiation to construct our self-concept?
A. social identity theory B. social comparison theory C. mirror self-recognition test D. self-schema test