In the research conducted by Swim and Hyers (1999), women were more likely to react verbally to sexist comments when other women were absent. Swim and Hyers explained this phenomenon by drawing upon which of the following social psychological concepts or theories?
a. attribution theory
b. social learning theory
c. diffusion of responsibility
d. priming effect
Ans: C
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The theory that men become more nurturant with age and women become more achievement-oriented is called
a. gender role convergence. b. heterogeneity of gender. c. affiliative transformation. d. selective identification.
The processes in which children acquire new words at such a speed that they cannot be considering all meanings for the new word is called
a. telegraphic speech. b. quick time c. habituation d. fast-mapping.
Barbara is in a car accident and experiences neck pain immediately afterward. Doctors say that any injury to her neck will heal within two weeks of the accident. Nine months later, Barbara begins to visit her doctor weekly, saying the pain is still unbearable and she needs stronger pain medication. What is a reasonable diagnosis?
a. somatic symptom disorder with somatization features (somatization disorder) b. depersonalization disorder c. illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis) d. somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain (pain disorder)
Which of the following statements is true?
A) Because passive parental consent places less burden on parents, its use is encouraged over active parental consent. B) If a school official waives a requirement regarding parental permission and the Institutional Review board does not, the researcher still cannot waive this requirement. C) Generally, research samples are made larger when using active over passive parental consent. D) In most cases, the parents of children who return parent consent or permission forms are no different demographically than those that do not.