Alicia and her friends are singing karaoke. Alicia is an extremely talented singer—much better than her friends. She feels awkward about being so good, however, so she sort of "fakes bad"; she doesn't want her friends to be envious of her singing talent. Social psychologists would say that Alicia is experiencing ____
a. sensitivity about being the target of threatening downward comparison
b. sensitivity about being the target of threatening upward comparison
c. the commons dilemma
d. audience inhibition
B
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Children who participate in team sports learn that each position has a unique function and that the team has the best chance of winning if each player performs the functions of their position. This is called
a. competition. b. division of labor. c. in-group attitudes. d. out-group attitudes.
During which stage of breast development does an increase in subcutaneous fat cause the areola to project above the chest wall?
A) Adult B) Bud C) Primary D) Secondary
According to research presented in the text, the more children there are in the family, the ____ their IQs tend to be and the _____ are their chances from graduating from high school
a. higher; greater b. higher; lower c. lower; greater d. lower; lower
Juan lives in the affluent neighborhood in Louisburg Square, Boston. Meanwhile, his identical twin Jose lives in a lower-class, diverse neighborhood in Roxbury. If Juan had a higher IQ score than Jose, this would be evidence to support ______.
A. the genetic basis of intelligence B. the environmental influence on intelligence C. both the genetic basis of intelligence and the environmental influence on intelligence D. neither the genetic basis of intelligence nor the environmental influence on intelligence