Is the small world phenomenon an academic myth? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
Stanley Milgram's1967 experiment on the small world phenomenon concluded that most people in the United States are separated by just six individuals ("six degrees of separation"). Thirty-five years later, another psychologist, Judith Kleinfeld, found that Milgram had stacked the deck in favor of success.But some more recent experiments have had findings similar to Milgram's. It has been shown that 250 million people who exchanged chat messages showed a link of less than seven,and 700 million people on Facebook showed a connection of less than five.It is possible that Milgram stumbled onto the truth.
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a. self b. mind c. role taking d. role making e. stocks of knowledge
Structural neuroimaging focuses on the of the brain
a. blood flow b. structure c. development d. function
The idea that Asian Americans are a "model minority:" a. is accurate
b. obscures obstacles to success that they face. c. overestimates the contributions of other minorities. d. acknowledges poverty among Asian American groups.
In the ExplorIt software, what statistic should you check to see if the differences you observe in a table are statistically significant?
a. the correlation coefficient b. Chi-Square c. the Probability d. all of the above