Because of the effect of gender-stereotyped expectations,
A) boys feel less confident than girls about their athletic abilities.
B) girls feel more confident than boys about their physical appearance.
C) girls exceed boys in self-esteem dimensions of close friendship and social acceptance.
D) boys are somewhat advantaged in the area of academic self-esteem.
C
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Which type of study might compare children to their parents and grandparents?
a. Sequential b. Longitudinal c. Cross-sectional d. Prospective
An experimenter filled two jars with sugar. Participants then chose to label either jar "sucrose, table sugar" and the other jar "not sodium cyanide, not poison.". Then the participants could use either jar to make Kool-Aid. What did the results indicate? a. People tend to prefer longer statements to shorter statements. b. People don't pay much attention to labels on products
c. People like adventure and excitement. d. People tend to distrust negative statements.
Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Malcolm are African-American and only want an African-American examiner to administer an IQ test to their children. They
a. are justifiably concerned that their children's scores will be adversely affected by a Caucasian examiner. b. are operating under the widely held myth that the race of the examiner impedes performance of African-American children. c. realize that strict standards for proper test administration do not exist. d. realize that it is important to have an examiner that is new and unknown to the test-taker.
The human brain consists of four hemispheres
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false