On what basis do preschool and school-aged children acknowledge social categories like race and ethnicity? How does this evolve in the preadolescent and adolescent years?

What will be an ideal response?


Preschool and school-aged children primarily take note of concrete features like skin color. Preadolescents expand upon this by taking into account abstract ideas, such as economic disparity. Adolescents step up to a higher level of sophistication by demonstrating selectivity in discussing sensitive subjects, such as race.

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B. F. Skinner sought explanations of behavior in terms of what?

a. Unconscious thought processes b. Imbalances among neurotransmitters c. Ethnic and cultural influences d. Previous reinforcements

Psychology

Psychological studies repeatedly show that exposure to images of super-thin women increases body image __________ among girls and young women

Answer:

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How does the gamete intra?fallopian tube transfer (GIFT) procedure differ from in vitro fertilization (IVF)?

a. The GIFT procedure does not use sperm from a partner and only uses sperm from a donor bank, whereas either can be used with IVF. b. The GIFT procedure uses both donated ovum and sperm, which is fertilized and then placed in the uterus, whereas IVF only uses donor or partner sperm. c. The GIFT procedure implants the ova and sperm into the woman's body prior to fertilization, whereas with IVF they are transferred to the body after fertilization. d. The GIFT procedure is basically the same as IVF except it adds a procedure to test for genetic abnormalities prior to placement in the woman's body.

Psychology

Jeff wants to understand the impact of terror on one's ability to maintain cognitive flexibility. Of course, he cannot randomly assign some people to be terrorized. To simulate terror, Jeff has participants in the "terror" condition imagine their own death in a great deal of detail. Jeff is conducting a(n) experiment

a. natural b. single-subject c. longitudinal d. analogue

Psychology