Some cultures perceive ambiguity as an ongoing threat to be resisted whereas others perceive ambiguity as normal and non-threatening. This concept is known as:
a. certainty avoidance.
b. uncertainty avoidance.
c. stress avoidance.
d. uncertainty acceptance.
b
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A young child has thoughts about hating her younger brother and wishing he would die. She becomes very anxious about these thoughts because she has developed the idea that if anything really happened to him, it would be her fault. This pattern of thinking is called a. neutralizing
b. thought-action fusion. c. thought suppression. d. fundamental responsibility.
Regarding infants' tastes, BITTER is to SWEET as ____ is to ____
a. STEADY :: INTERMITTENT b. INNATE :: LEARNED c. APPROACH :: AVOID d. DISGUST :: SMILE
Twenty-five percent of adults over the age of 65 are grandparents
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
In a 2 x 2 factorial interaction plot, if the two lines on the graph are flat (horizontal), parallel, and separated vertically from each other, it would appear that the results could be summarized by saying that
a. there is one significant main effect and a significant interaction effect. b. both main effects are significant and the interaction effect is significant. c. there is one significant main effect and no significant interaction effect. d. both main effects are significant, but the interaction effect is not.