At times when the situation is uncertain or when information is difficult to obtain, what happens to our desire for social comparison?
A) We are more likely to want to compare with others.
B) We are less likely to want to compare with others.
C) We prefer to be completely alone.
D) We want to compare, but only with dissimilar others.
Answer: A
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a. approximately half of all pregnancies were not planned at the time of conception. b. social class is no longer related to the likelihood of using birth control. c. about 80% of women who have graduated from college say that they use birth control regularly. d. so far, the use of birth control does not seem to be correlated with any personality characteristics.
What is the foreign language effect?
a) The challenges faced in one's primary language due to the difficulty in speaking a foreign language b) A temporary decline in the thinking ability of people who are using a foreign language in which they are less proficient than their native tongue c) A superficial cognitive retardation due to the concomitant confusion of multilingualism d) The shift in the thinking in one's primary language due to the effects of speaking a foreign language
Assessment and treatment of sexual dysfunctions should proceed by
a. simultaneous physical and psychological measures. b. first psychological, then physical measures. c. first physical, then psychological measures. d. using neither physical nor psychological measures.
Measures of central tendency include the mean, median, and
a. range. b. module. c. mode. d. standard deviation.