One of the categories of biological explanations for cognitive gender differences focuses on genetic gender differences. A typical genetic explanation proposes that
a. for males, a greater percentage of each chromosome is devoted to spatial ability.
b. males inherit math abilities from both parents, whereas females inherit math abilities from just the mother.
c. some abilities may be associated with recessive traits, carried on the X chromosome.
d. the chromosomes are more likely to undergo mutation in males than in females.
C
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Joy comes home from work exhausted and is surprised to find that her daughter, Michelle, has set the table and started dinner. Joy is thrilled. She praises Michelle and spends an extra half-hour reading with her before bed (something that Michelle likes). The same thing happens the next day, and soon this has become a daily event. This is an example of
a. classical conditioning. b. observational learning. c. operant conditioning. d. modeling.
"You are who you are because of your motivation, faith, intelligence, optimism, cheerfulness.". This is a good example of:
a. the holistic view c. locus of control b. the reality principle d. self-actualization
Everyone has different ____________________ in life that he or she must play.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
State the probability sampling method described in each example. a. To determine why many residents at a local nursing home are not eating their full meals, a researcher obtains a list of all residents at the nursing home and separates the list into two subgroups: residents who eat their full meals and residents who do not. The researcher randomly selects 12 residents from each subgroup to be in her sample.b. A professor obtains a list of all registered students in his class and randomly selects 40 students from the list to participate in a course evaluation.c. An administrator at a local elementary school identifies that 24 classes are taught throughout the day at her school. From this list, she selects 12 classes and measures preparedness among all students in those 12 classrooms.d. A
psychologist randomly selects one athlete to participate in a study from a list of all athletes on campus. Then, beginning with the randomly selected athlete, he selects every fourth athlete on the list to also participate in the study. What will be an ideal response?