In the context of gender differences among children, which of the following is true?
A) Mothers are more likely to encourage rough-and-tumble play in daughters than sons.
B) Parents talk more to infant daughters than infant sons.
C) Parents provide baby girls and boys with the same bedroom decorations and toys.
D) Parents smile more at sons and are more emotionally expressive toward them.
B
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a. 1 b. 5 c. 15 d. 45
What is the easiest way to increase power?
a. redesign the study b. decrease the error variance c. use different statistical tests d. increase the sample size
Yesterday, Dr. Ling announced to his biopsychology class, "If we are going to have a review session on Tuesday, everyone in the class will receive an e-mail message on Friday." Elspeth is enrolled in the class, and she did not receive a message
Based on these premises, she concludes that the class will not have a review session on Tuesday. She is using the kind of reasoning known as a. affirming the antecedent. b. affirming the consequent. c. denying the antecedent. d. denying the consequent.
Which of the following statements about personality characteristics is FALSE?
a. Males are more aggressive than females. b. Most research on gender differences does not confirm gender stereotypes. c. Gender differences in aggression may vary cross-culturally. d. Females tend to emerge as leaders when task accomplishment is emphasized in a group. e. Females are more willing to report pain than males are.