Which of the following statements about cross-cultural studies of trait theories is correct?
A. No evidence has been found to support these theories.
B. Research in this area is too new to report any findings.
C. Evidence for the five trait dimensions has been found in several cultures.
D. Most cultural research methods are too vague to be validated.
Answer: C
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A. There are usually few differences between the two groups. B. Premature infants usually develop into physically disabled adults. C. Full-term infants, on average, score 20 points higher on intelligence tests. D. Premature babies ironically surpass full-term babies in size and weight in adulthood.
The "minority slowness effect" refers to the finding that
a. members of minority groups are often slow to change their minds during group discussion. b. it takes longer for minority group members to change the minds of majority group members than vice versa. c. people with minority opinions are slower to respond to questions about the topic than people with majority opinions d. minority groups take longer to form, as people are less likely to join a group whose opinion is not widely accepted.
In a study of the effectiveness of cognitive therapy on anxiety, fifty anxious patients are divided into two groups. One group gets cognitive therapy, the other a fake kind of therapy that should have no benefit. However, the patients can tell that the second form of treatment is a fake. The study is weak because ____
a. its placebo condition did not control for expectancy effects b. it did not include an independent variable c. it confuses experimental designs with correlational designs d. it did not have a placebo condition
Identical twins seek more similar environments than is true of fraternal twins. This fact supports the ____ perspective on intelligence
a. nutritional/physical health b. environmental c. hereditary d. interactionist