Gregory feels that he did well on the final exam in his social history class; however, he is actually in the bottom quarter of the class. If Gregory were to estimate his class standing, he would most likely place himself in the ____
a. ?bottom 10% of the class
b. ?bottom quarter of the class
c. ?top half of the class
d. ?top 10% of the class
ANSWER:
c
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Self-esteem is surprisingly unaffected by the relationships that adolescents have with their peers. d. Self-esteem is surprisingly unaffected by the relationships that adolescents have with their parents and siblings.
According to Dodge's social information-processing model, an aggressive teenager who is run into when in a school hallway will likely
a. assume that the event was intentional. b. set a goal of soothing relationships with the person who hit him. c. consider a wide range of options for dealing with the situation. d. focus on the potential negative outcomes if he decides to pound the person who ran into him.
An important aspect of a compensatory decision-making model is ______
a. the elimination-by-aspects tactic b. weights assigned to the various criteria c. working backward from the goal to the givens d. a brief period of trial and error
Dr. MacKenzie wants to study the impact of child maltreatment on physical development. The best experimental method for this research would be a __________ experiment
A) field B) natural, or quasi-, C) laboratory D) correlational