Is the typical American more extraverted than people from other nations?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Americans have the reputation of being very outgoing and optimistic, and according to some research they score higher on extraversion than members of other populations.

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Amy was always very close to her Aunt March. During her aunt’s final stage of illness, she helped her as much as she could. Their relationship could best be described as ____.

a. fatuous love b. consummate love c. romantic love d. companionate love

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People sometimes work together on a project and later decide who should get the most credit. This decision, according to research by Michael Ross, often entails ____________ one's own contributions to joint projects. Moreover, this tendency arises from ____________.

a. overestimating; self-enhancement motives. b. overestimating; the availability heuristic. c. underestimating; self-enhancement motives. d. underestimating; the availability heuristic

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Humans possess a novelty-seeking gene that affects the production of the brain chemical dopamine, which makes some people more prone to seek out novel situations and to take risks.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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What is the principle of informed consent about?

a. debrief participants after the study as to what it was about b. telling participants before a study as fully as possible about what will happen to them during the study c. assuring participants that their responses will be confidential d. informing participants in research that their consent will be obtained e. the participant consents to being informed

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