As Stephanie walks into work, her new co-worker, Emily, greets her with a very enthusiastic, "Oh my goodness, I'm so happy to see you today." Assuming both women are Americans, how is Stephanie likely to respond?
A. She will assume that Emily likes her even more than she is willing to express.
B. She will assume that Emily has high emotional intelligence and knew that she needed cheering up.
C. She will assume that Emily is exaggerating her feelings and being disingenuous.
D. She will assume that she has made a great impression on Emily and that she really likes her.
Answer: C
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a. inform the parents and arrange for assistance for the child. b. continue with the experiment until the trial is over and then send the child home. c. end the experiment and call an attorney. d. discard the data obtained from that particular child and continue to study other participants.
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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.
Dialectical thought __________________________
a. relies strictly on emotion in solving real-life problems b. has been found to characterize emerging adults in individualistic cultures more than those in collectivistic cultures c. refers to the need for explaining human actions in terms of logical principles d. involves the growing awareness that problems often have no clear-cut solutions