Studies in diverse Western nations confirm that by age 5 to 6, __________ children generally evaluate their own racial group favorably and other racial groups less favorably or negatively
A) low-SES
B) immigrant
C) white
D) minority
Answer: C
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a. when a man is evaluating a woman's performance in a traditionally masculine area b. when a nonexpert woman is doing the evaluating c. when a woman is acting in a stereotypically feminine fashion d. when a great deal of evidence is available about the person's qualifications
Regarding research on forgetting and decay theory, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Ebbinghaus used himself as the research subject in his experiments. b. Decay theory does not account for memory loss that occurs due to the passage of time. c. Decay theory is also known as trace theory. d. Decay theory does not help explain why some memories endure better through time than others. e. If Ebbinghaus had studied the retention of meaningful information, he probably would have found different experimental results.
Hilgard noted that people undergo certain changes when they are hypnotized. List and describe four of these changes
What will be an ideal response?
Heather has an optimistic explanatory style. What is a component of this explanatory style?
A. believing that bad events are specific to a situation B. believing that bad events are stable in their nature C. believing that bad events are global in their application D. believing that bad events are due to internal causes