What are the advantages and the disadvantages of having diversity in a group?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Diversity is most valuable when only one member of a group is required to obtain the correct answer. Heterogeneous groups are better at tasks requiring new solutions, flexibility, and quick adjustments to changing conditions. Diversity can hurt performance on tasks that require each of the members to perform his/her role well. In addition, heterogeneous groups tend to have greater turnover and less frequent and less formal communication.
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A) Fear B) Envy C) Melancholia D) Suspicion
Explain the bicultural approach to awareness of one's ethnicity
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following studies would have the lowest external validity?
a. A researcher sends individuals a survey in the morning and at night to see what time of day they are most likely to participate in a study. b. A researcher goes to the library to observe whether individuals are quieter in the morning or evening. c. A researcher invites individuals to the laboratory to observe whether individuals are happier in the morning or evening. d. A researcher watches students in the dining hall and observes whether they talk more in the morning or evening.
When first learning how to drive a manual transmission vehicle (i.e., a stick shift), you are likely using which pathway?
A. Retinogeniculostriatal pathway B. Transcortical pathway C. Basal ganglia pathway D. Spinothalamic pathway