Ray is enrolled in Project Head Start. Which of the following is MOST likely to predict Ray's success?
A) Ray's public schools extend both educational and family services support.
B) Ray is tested using achievement tests rather than traditional IQ tests.
C) Ray's family is among the most impoverished and needing of services.
D) His parents later choose to send Ray to a private or parochial school.
A
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Pluck's (2009) field experiment in Rwanda in which civilians listened to a radio soap opera demonstrates the
a. intractability of many intergroup conflicts. b. cross-cultural differences in how prejudice manifests itself. c. potential influence of media on shaping norms related to intergroup relations. d. automaticity of many stereotypical beliefs.
Ludwig has high achievement motivation. Which statement will be least characteristic of Ludwig??
a. ?He will select tasks with clear outcomes. b. ?He will prefer a critic who is harsh but competent. c. ?He will persist at problem solving. d. ?He will seek immediate rewards.
An event or behavior that has at least two values is a. a hypothesis
b. a theory. c. a variable. d. science.
Which of the following statements may explain why SES disparities in health and mortality are larger in the United States than in other industrialized nations?
A) Socioeconomic groups are less likely to be segregated by neighborhood in the United States than in other countries. B) Even high-SES Americans are less likely to seek medical treatment than adults in other countries. C) Low-income and poverty-stricken U.S. families are financially less well-off than families classified in these ways in other countries. D) The wealthiest Americans have much higher incomes than in other industrialized nations, widening the SES gap.