If the average adult male in the United States is 5' 9" tall, and the standard deviation for height is 2", approximately how many adult males would you expect to be between 5' 7" and 5'11" tall?
a. 50% of them
b. 66.7% of them
c. 75% of them
d. 90% of them
B
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a. how people react to immediate dangers or threats b. how people respond to stressors c. how people respond to lifestyle changes d. how people cope with long-term illness or disease
Tyra, a woman with bulimia nervosa, is sitting down to a binge meal. Which of the following foods is LEAST likely to be on the menu?
a) cake b) steak c) candy d) cookies
Regarding Kinsey's research on human sexual behavior, which of the following statements is true?
a) Kinsey used an artificial laboratory technique to examine sexual behavior. b) Kinsey ensured that his sample was randomly selected. c) Kinsey's results largely affirmed the sexual attitudes of his times. d) Kinsey's sample included a disproportionate number of college-educated people.
Andersen and Bem (1981) conducted a variation of the getting-acquainted telephone study by Snyder, Elizabeth Tanke, and Berscheid (1977)
Andersen and Bem provided attractive and unattractive photos of men to women who interacted with men at the other end of a telephone. What would you expect happened when the women thought that the men with whom they were speaking were the men in the photos? a. The female participants did not fall prey to the self-fulfilling prophecy as did men in previous studies. b. The results were similar to studies in which men were provided the photos. c. The men on the other end did not change their behaviors in response to the women's differential treatment. d. Because the men controlled the conversations, the self-fulfilling prophecy did not occur.