In a study of four decades of trends associated with having children, in the 1980s and 1990s people viewed childbearing
a. as more of an obligation than an option.
b. as more of an option than an obligation.
c. with decreasing value.
d. as a moral imperative.
b
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Which assertion is supported by research on deception?
a. People are more accurate at detecting deception if they focus on facial expressions rather than voice cues. b. Police officers and FBI agents are better at detecting deception than most other people. c. People tend to have an accurate sense of their lie-detecting abilities. d. People are more accurate at detecting deception if they focus on body movements rather than facialexpressions.
The boundaries between friendship and romantic relationships of homosexuals appear to be _____ than those of heterosexuals
a. more problematic c. less meaningful b. more complex d. less difficult
Mike and Jeff are brothers who have just moved with their parents into a beautiful old house. Mike soon discovers that if he flushes the toilet while Jeff is taking a shower, it will cause the water in the shower to become scalding hot. Naturally, Jeff screams as his reflexes cause him to leap backward in pain. After Mike has repeated this procedure several times, Jeff has begun to twitch
involuntarily every time he hears any toilet flush. In this example, the sound of the flushing toilet would be the a. conditioned response (CR). b. conditioned stimulus (CS). c. unconditioned response (UR). d. unconditioned stimulus (US).
A researcher wished to study the relationship between high school grades and college grades. Of the following research methods, which would be the most appropriate?
a) case study b) correlation c) experiment d) survey