Which of the following is TRUE of children using computers and cells phones for social networking?
a. Online social connections usually come at the expense of "real" connections.
b. Online communication seems to promote aggressive behavior.
c. Online communication seems to promote self-disclosure, which produces high-quality friendships.
d. Girls benefit from online communication more than boys because self-disclosure is easier for them online rather than face-to-face.
c
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Which of the following statements regarding conditioned taste aversions is true?
A) Repeated pairings between the CS and UCS are needed in order to establish a conditioned taste aversion. B) Conditioned taste aversions can be induced in human beings, but not in lower animals. C) The delay between the CS and UCS in a conditioned tasted aversion can be as long as 6 or even 8 hours. D) Conditioned taste aversions tend to be remarkably general, where an entire type of food will be found distasteful even after only one specific food causes an illness.
Normative social influence appeals to the accuracy motive while informational social influence appeals to the acceptance motive
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which of the following phenomena usually involves an excessively negative, overgeneralized assumption about a socially defined category of people?
a. self-fulfilling prophecy b. confirmation bias c. attitude d. stereotype
Which of the following statements is least likely to be correct about the results of laboratory and field experiments that examine the same variables?
A. The results tend to be complementary rather than contradictory. B. Both tend to produce the same results. C. Laboratory and field experiments should be considered in isolation. D. The effect size of the independent variable on the dependent variable is very similar in the two types of studies.