Subjects gather on site to participant in an experiment. You notice that a group of four subjects arrived together and have chatted in a friendly manner while waiting for the experiment to begin. When asked to self-select their groups for the experiment, the four subjects stay in this same group. This is an example of ______.
a. randomization
b. group variance
c. selection bias
d. experimental efficiency
c. selection bias
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What did Brown and Porter find regarding religious salience and worship service attendance?
a. as religious salience and worship service attendance increase, propensity to remarry also increases b. as religious salience and worship service attendance increase, propensity to remarry declines c. as religious salience and worship service attendance decrease, propensity to remarry increases d. Religious salience and worship service attendance were not significantly related.
Describing women’s new work and family commitments, Arlie Hochschild coined the term:
a. glass ceiling b. second shift c. mommy track d. stay-at-home mom
Bob is on a first date with Mary, whom he really likes, and he tries to act in a manner that will cause her to like him, too, and to want to go out with him again. This is an example of ________.
A. the idealization of the other B. impression management C. facework D. role taking
Ebayization is a process that enlists all the basic dimensions of McDonaldization except that it includes variety.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)