Three of the following statements accurately describe the diversity we are likely to see in students' social skills and peer relationships. Which statement is not accurate?
a. Students from cultures that place a premium on maintaining group harmony may have especially good negotiation skills.
b. Students with a mild form of autism known as Asperger syndrome have difficulty with social cognition.
c. Girls tend to hang out in smaller, more intimate peer groups than boys do.
d. Some cultures promote an "every man for himself" attitude and never teach the importance of working effectively with others.
d
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a. neglected b. controversial c. rejected d. average
Choose the type of instrument that corresponds with the major concern about its use. When two different people use this instrument in a particular setting, will the results agree?
a. achievement test c. rating scale b. projective personality test d. aptitude test
The authors of the text maintain that using a null hypothesis instead of a research hypothesis as the basis of a research is
a. appropriate because it enables one to establish the existence of a zero relationship. b. appropriate because the statistical hypothesis to be tested will be a null hypothesis. c. inappropriate because it doesn't allow one to develop the deductive logic of the study. d. inappropriate because null hypotheses are seldom true in populations.
Time sampling would be the most appropriate method for recording which behavior?
a. hitting others b. a student raising his hand c. wandering around classroom/out-of-seat d. answering a ringing telephone