Which of the following statements is supported by research on sex differences in aggression?
A) Although girls have a reputation for being both more verbally and relationally aggressive than boys, the sex difference is small.
B) Contrary to popular belief, girls are more physically aggressive than boys during the preschool years.
C) Girls are significantly more likely than boys to engage in verbal and relational aggression.
D) Throughout early and middle childhood, girls tend to inflict harm in more variable ways than boys do.
A
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a. diminished hypothalamus. b. enlarged hypothalamus. c. lack of asymmetry. d. lack of symmetry.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1 People are creatures of habit and usually behave the same way, regardless of whether or not they are being observed in a psychological study 2 When participants in an experiment behave in a way they think the experimenter wants them to behave, the problem of demand characteristics develops 3 Naturalistic observation is a method for determining causal relationships between variables 4 Unobtrusive naturalistic observation helps minimize the problem of demand characteristics 5 Double-blind observations are a way of controlling for experimenter bias
According to May, ____ examines the stories by which people live and understand their lives and the effectiveness of those stories.?
a. ?role-play b. ?narrative therapy c. ?myths d. ?a construct system
Research on both first- and second-language learning reveals
A) a biologically based timeframe for optimum language development. B) that second-language processing is more lateralized in younger than in older learners. C) that language development is optimal after brain lateralization has occurred. D) that the right hemisphere of the brain is biased for language processing.