What differences will likely exist in prosocial behavior between a child growing up in an urban setting and one growing up in a rural setting? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
According to Graves and Graves, children raised in urban settings are less likely to assist others in their homes and surrounding environs than those raised in rural settings. This is probably due to a predominant ethic of interdependence of group orientation in which the rural child participates in cooperative work experiences.
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Cohort effects are examples of
A) sociocultural-graded influences. B) age-graded influences. C) history-graded influences. D) nonnormative life events.
Interpretative validity is used to
a) Describe the extent to which a study appears valid b) Formally evaluate measures c) Indicate the extent to which a measure appears to assess the construct of interest d) Determine the psychometric properties of a measure under evaluation
Refers to geographic, residential, and other forms of spatial closeness
A) ?Proximity B) ?Familiarity C) ?Similarity D) ?Personal space
A research team found that men who did not exercise had a higher rate of heart disease. Which of the following explanations illustrates the third-variable problem?
a) Heart disease might make it more difficult for men to exercise. b) The relationship between exercise and heart disease might not be causal. c) Including men who smoke in the study might erase the relationship between exercise and heart disease. d) Smoking might cause both heart disease and reluctance to exercise.