Bigelow's (1977) study examining friendships found that first-graders most frequently report ________ as the most important characteristic in a best friend
A) physical appearance
B) common activities
C) shared personal characteristics
D) social status
B) common activities
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What factors mentioned in your text might create stress that could be decreased or prevented through global, sociocultural interventions?
a. Sexism b. Racism c. Religious discrimination d. All of these are stress-promoting factors that could be addressed in sociocultural interventions
Which of the following statements does not belong
a. Our condition of the independent variable produced a significant difference in the dependent scores. b. The change in the dependent scores was produced by significant sampling error. c. We obtained a significant z. d. There is a significant effect of the condition.
In a discipline that Kant called ____, he discussed such topics as gender differences, marriage, insanity, and the production and control of human behavior.
a. philosophy b. anthropology c. monadology d. direct realism
Regarding the basic human emotions, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The basic human emotions appear to be unlearned and follow a pattern closely tied to maturation. b. Most researchers who study emotional development believe that fear is the only basic emotion that newborn infants clearly express. c. According to Bridges, all the basic human emotions appear before age two. d. Bridges found that the first basic split in emotions is between pleasant and unpleasant emotions.