Suppose you are responsible for planning the initiation of new members to a group to which you belong. Generalizing from Aronson and Mills's study on the effects of initiation on liking of the group, you would do well to make the initiation process:
a. difficult or unpleasant.
b. easy and pleasant.
c. closely resemble the activities of the group.
d. very different from the regular activities in which the group engages.
Answer: a. difficult or unpleasant.
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When interacting with their children, mothers tend to do which of the following more than fathers?
a. pay more visual attention to their young children b. are more tactile and physically arousing while playing with their young children c. speak more often to their infants d. engage in more unusual play with their babies
Lives in Context Video 13.1: Gender Schemas and Play PreferencesClick on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 469 and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following question:Five-year-old Chace continually shows a preference for male play partners. Which of the following principles does this illustrate?
A. That the playgroups of young children are often sex-segregated. B. That both boys and girls show a preference for male playmates. C. That children typically do not care about the sex of their playmates as long as they are playing with toys they enjoy. D. That children rarely use their gender schemas as guides for their behaviors and attitudes.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in the United States since 2015, when the _______ ruled that state-level bans were unconstitutional.
a. High Court b. Federal Court c. Supreme Court d. State and Territorial Courts
What are the most common forms of sexual harassment reported by middle and high school students?
a. being touched in an unwelcome sexual way b. being shown sexual images they did not want to see c. being called gay or lesbian in a negative way d. unwelcome sexual comments, jokes, or gestures