Before giving a final exam, Professor Simpson announces to the class, “I'm sure you’ll do well, because you’re the smartest group I’ve ever had.” The class average increases from a C after the midterm to an A– after the final. This may be an example of a(n) ______.
A. incorrigible proposition
B. hypothesis test
C. theoretical proposition
D. self-fulfilling prophecy
D. self-fulfilling prophecy
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Black and Hispanic workers are more than twice as likely as white and Asian workers to be working poor.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
On her way home from work, Janice stops at her local pharmacy to pick up some cold medicine for her teenage daughter. At the checkout counter of the pharmacy she is asked to show her ID and then sign a form stating that (1) she understands that her name will be connected to the purchase of the cold product and (2) she is aware the amount of the product she can purchase in a given month is
limited. Why is this the case? A) because Janice lives in a rural community B) because by law pharmacies have to collect this information as part of the effort to combat widespread production and use of meth C) because Janice is purchasing the product for an underage person D) because Janice has previously been convicted of a drug felony
The United States was the first nation to introduce a major public system of social insurance against old-age dependence
a. True b. False
According to Mead, language allows for
a. the development of self-consciousness or mind b. the existence or the appearance of situations or objects c. the ability to take the attitude of the other d. the existence of interactions