Which of the following statements about social roles is correct?
A. The roles that belong to a social status are always performed in the same manner.
B. Social roles are always performed in the same manner by those holding ascribed, but not achieved, statuses.
C. Actual performance of a role varies from individual to individual.
D. Role expectations and actual role performances never vary.
C. Actual performance of a role varies from individual to individual.
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a. an emphasis on getting higher grades b. an emphasis on getting higher degrees c. the stress on professional degrees d. educational elitism
In theory, one could increase the power of planned study by:
A) increasing the effect size by increasing the predicted difference between population means B) increasing effect size by decreasing the population standard deviation C) using a one-tailed test D) all of the above
A medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disordered or abnormal behavior is ___________
a. free association b. psychiatry c. psychology d. neurology
When laboratory animals are given unlimited opportunities to self-administer cocaine injection, ________.
A. they become completely tolerant to it, and it loses its effect B. most eventually become bored with it and stop taking it C. they only inject enough to keep themselves awake D. they will readily self-administer it