Mrs. Sunstedt believes that parents should accept and try to understand their children's feelings and should honestly disclose their own inner feelings to their children. Her approach to parent-child interaction was most explicitly recommended by

Jeff must find four sources for a term paper he is writing on corporal punishment (i.e., spanking). Jeff's family spanked him when he misbehaved as a child, and Jeff believes that it is a useful behavioural modification technique. If Jeff is like most people, he probably will:

A) find four studies suggesting that corporal punishment is effective and relatively harmless. B) find four studies suggesting that corporal punishment is dangerous but then attempt to discredit this research. C) review two studies on each side of the debate in a fair and balanced way. D) change his mind once reviewing the evidence on both sides of the debate.

Explain Piaget's concepts of moral realism and moral relativism

What will be an ideal response?

Janet, an administrative assistant at a London firm, is trying to find reasons for her boss's hostile behavior. She is likely to:

a. ignore her boss's dispositional attributions in favor of situational attributions. b. leap to the attribution that her boss's behavior corresponds to work demands. c. explore her boss's personality traits and the environmental constraints to derive an explanation. d. overestimate her boss's personality traits and underestimate the influence of the situation.

Stacy is interested in determining whether there is a relation between one's year in school (i.e., freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior) and whether one is participating in on-campus activities. Which statistical test should Stacy use?

a. Independent t test b. Chi-square c. F test d. Correlated t test