"I am a boy. Therefore I want to do the things boys do." This statement is reflective of which theoretical perspective regarding gender-role development?
a. Biosocial theory
b. Cognitive-developmental theory
c. Psychoanalytic theory
d. Social-learning theory
b
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Which process would best be described as "holding information"?
a. Perception b. Retrieval c. Storage d. Encoding
Two types of psychotherapy are compared for treating depression. A random half of the subjects receive each of the treatments. What type of design does this study represent?
a. Single-factor within-subjects b. Single-factor between subjects c. One-group pretest-posttest d. Posttest-only design with nonequivalent control groups
Older single women in well-paid occupations who choose parenthood
A) often lack emotional and parenting support. B) often experience a stressful transition to parenthood. C) have a hard time coping effectively with parenting challenges. D) may encounter fewer parenting difficulties than married couples.
Perky's experiment, in which participants were asked to "project" visual images of common objects onto a screen, showed that
A. imagery and perception are two different phenomena. B. imagery and perception can interact with one another. C. there are large individual differences in people's ability to create visual images. D. creating a visual image can interfere with a perceptual judgment task.