Benny wants to adopt both the "hot" and "cold" perspectives in his research on why married couples get divorced. Which description best exemplifies his approach?
a. He wants to understand what motivates people to stay in marriages that they know from past experience willonly get worse
b. He wants to study the difference between passive and active aggression in marriages.
c. He wants to investigate how spur-of-the-moment marriage problems are solved relative to ongoing problems.
d. He wants to determine whether simple factors, such as mismatches in attitudes, can predict breakups betterthan communication patterns.
a
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Denise is studying how attitudes toward government change over the course of life by studying one group of people when they are 11, 21, 31, 41, 51, and 61 years old. What kind of design is Denise using?
a. Sequential b. Longitudinal c. Cross-sectional d. Experiment
Which characteristic is NOT true of a lie?
A) It often lacks expressions of spontaneous correction and self-doubt. B) It usually is not as detailed as a truthful statement. C) It is given with little hesitation after the question is asked. D) It is spoken more slowly than is a true statement.
Years of research has shown that children who experience physical punishment are ____
a. ?better adjusted than children who do not experience physical punishment b. ?unlikely to use physical punishment when they become parents c. ?more likely to be aggressive and experience lower levels of mental health d. ?no different from those who do not experience physical punishment
Aaron is homophobic. This means that:
a) Aaron secretly desires a homosexual experience. b) Aaron wishes that he had been born a woman. c) Aaron holds negative attitudes and harbors irrational fears about homosexuality. d) Aaron commits hate crimes against gays and lesbians.