What is social comparison, and how is it involved in developing a self-concept?
What will be an ideal response?
Social comparison is the process of defining oneself relative to others. In order to realistically understand one's own ability, skills, and values, it is necessary to compare. Eventually, adolescents are able to make competent judgments based on more independent measures.
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For Durkheim, an example of an anomic condition that might lead to suicide is
a. economic dislocation, sudden dismissal from one's job b. a Japanese samurai warrior who commits ritual seppuku c. Eskimo abandonment of ill or elderly group members d. persons whose futures and passions are blocked or choked e. all of these
In which of the following ways is noise different than confounds?
A) Noise is distributed evenly across experimental conditions. B) Noise influences the independent variable. C) Noise and confounds can never appear in the same experiment. D) It is important to reduce confounds but not noise.
Because a central goal of the therapist is to help the patient understand the relationships between present symptoms and repressed conflicts, psychodynamic therapy is often called
a. reconstructive therapy. b. catharsis. c. transference. d. insight therapy.
Which of the following will increase the effectiveness of the time out as a way of reducing or eliminating undesirable behaviors?
a) setting the time period to 20 minutes if the child is under age 10 and 30 minutes or more if the child is age 10 or older b) sending children to their rooms where they can play with their toys and books to keep them occupied c) having a child sit next to his/her favorite teacher away from the other kids so he/she gets the individual attention from the teacher d) making sure the child knows the rules first and then consistently following through with the punishment, remembering to remove all reinforcers