When we hold less favorable views about groups to which we do not belong it is called
a. Social identity theory
b. In-group-out-group bias
c. Decategorization
d. Self-fulfilling prophecy
B
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Indicate whether the statement is true(T) or false(F).
Imagine that you give 5-year-old Richard a simple arithmetic problem. "I have two toy soldiers in my hand," you tell him and show him the soldiers you are holding. "But there are also three toy soldiers over there on the table," you say and point to additional soldiers across the room. "If I put all of the toy soldiers in a basket, how many would I have altogether?" How is Richard most likely to
respond to the problem? a. He is likely to use his fingers to try to solve the problem. b. He is likely to pause for a few seconds and then say, "Five." c. He is likely to conclude that the larger number of soldiers—in this case, three—is the correct answer. d. He is likely to give you a puzzled expression, as 5-year-olds have virtually no understanding of the process of addition.
If the mean of a sample's scores is 30 and the standard deviation is 2, it is reasonable to conclude that
a. the sample's scores are clustered tightly around the mean. b. the sample has at least several outliers. c. the range of scores is large. d. the mean and the median are substantially different.
Which of the following would be the best way for a reading specialist to use the results of an intelligence test?
A. to establish a benchmark against which to measure a student's progress B. to determine whether and to what extent the student might benefit from one-on-one instruction C. to shed light on the cognitive processes the student is using D. to provide support for the results of informal evaluative measures