Which of the following is correct?
a. more female adolescents die each year than male adolescents
b. more male adolescents die each year than female adolescents
c. more African-American adolescents die each year than Caucasian-American adolescents
d. more Hispanic-American adolescents die each year than African-American adolescents
e. more Native-American adolescents die each year than African-American adolescents
B
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Drew has a pet dog. His sister, Amelia, has a pet cat. So, Drew's scheme of "things that are pets" includes both dogs and cats. However, he visits a friend who has a pet parrot. This parrot does not fit into Drew's existing scheme. So, he accommodates this information. Now his "things that are pets" scheme includes birds as well. This restoring of cognitive balance is called
a. assimilation. b. shaping of schemes. c. equilibration. d. cognitive dissonance.
Key elements of the PICO "cycle of organizing" in low-income communities include which of the following?
a. basing efforts in religious congregations b. citizens and PICO organization members meet to discuss important community issues c. carefully planned citizen meetings to confront key decision-makers d. all of the above
According to Heider's attribution theory, when we come across a behavior we don't immediately understand, either in others or in ourselves, how do we seek to understand or explain those behaviors?
a. We try to decide how best to change that behavior so that it is consistent with our current understanding. b. We try to figure out how the behavior was influenced by a person's cultural background. c. We try to figure out if the behaviors were caused by internal dispositions or external situations. d. We try to figure out if the person doing the behavior had favorable or malicious intents.
When women and other minority groups can be convinced that stereotypes are invalid, their performance tends to ______
a. improve c. remain stable b. worsen d. become highly variable