How are adolescent clique and crowd formations assessed?
What will be an ideal response?
Cliques are small groups of adolescents that have common concerns and interests. To
assess clique membership, researchers gather friendship data on as many adolescents as
possible. Researchers enter these nomination data into a computer and conduct a social
network analysis; this analysis identifies cliques, and particular adolescents that might
belong to more than one. Crowds, are essentially large groups of cliques. Crowds are
often identified though a similar nomination procedure, for example, adolescents may
be asked to identify other adolescents that belong to certain crowds. Next, the
adolescents could be asked to indicate which crowd they belong to as well. This strategy
provides converging evidence of crowd membership.
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A. Humans can be motivated by external stimuli as well as internal. B. Once we reach homeostasis, we are happy and content. C. The optimal level for a behavior occurs when a drive is happening. D. Departures from equilibrium result in motivation to engage in behaviors that will restore equilibrium.
Contemporary trait theorists have demonstrated that personality traits can be reduced to ________ basic dimensions. Contemporary trait theorists have demonstrated that personality traits can be reduced to ________ basic dimensions
The experience of emotion, the regulation of emotional expression, and basic biological drives are of particular interest in abnormal psychology. These functions are controlled by structures in the ________ system
A) limbic B) endocrine C) nervous D) reticular activating
Who are we more likely to think is a rude person?
a. the woman we don't know who steps in front of us in line at the store b. our roommate who snaps at us after she failed a test c. our mother who says she can't talk because her soap opera is on when you call her d. the bus driver who is usually friendly but does not respond to our "hello" today