The desire to evaluate one's own behavior, abilities, expertise, and opinions by comparing them to those of others is called
a. social conformity. c. social comparison.
b. social imitation. d. none of these answers.
c
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a. help relationships to survive long term b. interfere with the development of companionate love c. interfere with the process of disclosure d. ironically, lead to misunderstandings and conflicts
Who is likely to have the greatest increase in risk of heart disease?
a. ?William, a Type B personality who spends much of the workday chatting with his colleagues b. ?Carmen, a Type A personality who works close to 80 hours a week c. ?Sarah, a Type B personality who never gets her work done on time d. ?Fred, a Type A personality who is suspicious of his coworkers and is frequently hostile
________ is the method of using sound-wave reflections to obtain a picture of the developing fetus that can be used to estimate the gestational age and detect physical abnormalities
a. Amniocentesis c. Fetal blood sampling b. Ultrasonography d. Chorionic villus sampling
If you put a cat mask on a dog, a preschooler will tell you that this dog is now a cat. This is an example of which one of the limitations of the preoperational stage of cognitive development?
a. egocentric thinking c. reversibility b. centration d. the ability to conserve