The text reports a study in which parents of Navajo children and parents of white children raised in Montana were asked about what the children were afraid of. The major finding of this study suggests that:
a. fears are biologically wired into human beings
b. fears are present from birth on
c. fears are influenced by culture
d. fears are seldom seen in children younger than 3 years of age, although anxiety is present from birth
c
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According to the research on people's judgments about men and women,
a. people rarely judge men and women differently in the current era. b. people now assume that women political candidates are actually more competent than male candidates in areas such as national security and the economy. c. people are most likely to use stereotypes if they are busy working on another task at the same time. d. people usually favor a male candidate, even when it is clear that a woman is well-qualified for a job.
Research on majority and minority influence suggests all of the following except that
a. majorities are more influential than minorities on subjective questions. b. majorities exert normative influence, whereas minorities exert informational influence. c. majorities are more influential than minorities on questions of fact. d. majority influence is greater on public measures of conformity, whereas minority influence is greater onprivate measures of conformity.
Which of the following might cause inaccuracies in direct, explicit measures of self-esteem?
A. social desirability B. reverse scoring C. face validity D. self-efficacy
Which sequence shows components of neurotransmission in order of most to least abundant in the human brain?
A) synapses, neurons, glial cells B) synapses, glial cells, neurons C) glial cells, synapses, neurons D) glia cells, neurons, synapses