As a result of reading several research articles on the long-term effects of daycare, a state legislature passes a new law mandating that all daycare providers modify their practices to be in concordance with this research. This action reflects
a. how research can affect social policy
b. the benefits of doing meta-analytic research.
c. the importance of longitudinal studies.
d. why correlational research is superior in some ways to experimental research.
a
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___ norms describe what people typically do; ___ norms state what people should do.
a. Descriptive; expectational b. Descriptive; injunctive c. Prescriptive; proscriptive d. Behavioral; preferential e. Ought; should
Michael is 7 feet tall. When he walks into a room, everyone notices his height, but few people notice his clothes or his hairstyle. This demonstrates
a. the figure-ground principle b. categorization c. an implicit personality theory d. the contrast effect
Of all ethnic groups, _____ are the most likely to report a visit to a physician
A) ?Asian Americans B) ?European Americans C) ?African Americans D) ?Mexican Americans
Calculate the means for each of the four groups (If you graph them you
will discover that the two graph lines are not parallel). What will be an ideal response?