Psychologists typically do not use a census in their research because
a. a census often leads to telescoping of responses.
b. census responses often result in nondifferentiation.
c. respondent-driven sampling leads to better generalization.
d. a census is generally too costly.
D
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a. can successfully exert social influence over friends. b. have successful romantic relationships. c. have supportive relationships with friends. d. feel they have high academic and physical competence.
Viability of the fetus is reached by ____ weeks.?
a. ?12 b. ?16 c. ?24 d. ?32
Brewer suggested a solution to the question, "How do we balance our need for attention and independence with our need to belong to a group?" His theory is called ______.
A. optimal distinctiveness theory B. social facilitation theory C. attachment theory D. dependence theory
Aries' description of an attitude toward death he called "tame death" differs from what he called "death of the self" by which of the following characteristics?
a. tame death is one where the focus of attention is almost entirely on what the death means for the dying person b. in tame death, death is typically faced more calmly than it is in death of the self c. in death of the self, death is seen as a sort of sleep and thus is unthreatening d. in death of the self, the concerns and needs of the community take precedence over those of the dying person e. an "ars moriendi" developed historically around an attitude of tame death