If we were interested in studying salaries in the National Basketball Association, the least useful measure of the typical salary would be
a. the median.
b. the mode.
c. the range.
d. the mean.
D
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McGuire (1968) broke down the persuasion process into six stages. Why can one infer from this model that the likelihood of successful persuasion (i.e., behavior change) is extremely small by default?
a. Successful persuasion depends on factors such as personality and external conditions. b. Successful persuasion depends on whether or not cognitive responses have been generated during message processing. c. Message processing can occasionally bypass early stages. d. As each stage has a probability of successful completion, the probability of completing all stages is very low.
Which of the following types of social learning does not require understanding the goal, or intentions, of the model?
a. mimicry c. imitative learning b. emulation d. instructive learning
What is infant-directed speech, and how does it facilitate language acquisition?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following statements about middle-aged children and aging parents who coreside is true?
A) Adults who coreside with ill parents experience less stress than those whose parents reside in nursing homes. B) The greatest source of stress is problem behavior, especially for caregivers of parents who have deteriorated mentally. C) Most adult children find that caring for a chronically ill or disabled parent is less stressful than caring for a young child. D) The greatest sources of conflict generally arise over daily routines and differences in lifestyle.