Imagine that your uncle believes men are better drivers than women. This would be an example of
a. a gender stereotype.
b. gender discrimination.
c. heterosexism.
d. gender prejudice.
A
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a. ?a measure of how likely it is that a result came about by chance b. ?a correlation between the dependent variable and the independent variable c. ?information about the variability of the data d. ?a summarization of a pool of data
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a. marijuana b. cocaine c. heroin d. valium
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A) empirical B) dogmatic C) hypothetical D) deductive
What is the primary difficulty with applying the criterion of "social nonconformity" to define abnormal behavior?
a) Norms are entirely subjective from person to person. b) Societies generally accept and view all behaviors as normal. c) The acceptability of a behavior might be different from one setting to another. d) Norms do not guide behavior except in rare instances.