What is a problem encountered by researchers assessing the effects of sociocultural forces?
a. The lack of genetic distinction between individuals from different racial backgrounds
b. Culture appears to have little impact on cognitive development
c. Changing ethnic labels (e.g., black American to African American)
d. The inability to apply results to the population being studied
c
You might also like to view...
Coach Valentine does not think that his team is playing up to its full potential. To increase the performance of the team, the coach should
a. build the team's confidence by setting goals that are not challenging and easy to attain. b. urge each team member to try to do his or her best. c. set specific, challenging, and reachable goals for the team. d. avoid giving the team any particular goals to minimize the pressure on the team.
U.S. child-care settings providing the very worst care tend to serve __________ families
A) low-SES B) middle-SES C) high-SES D) ethnic minority
According to Martin and Halverson's gender-schema theory, children learn
a. gender roles through reinforcement and punishment. b. gender-appropriate behavior after achieving gender constancy. c. gender-appropriate behavior by paying attention to experiences and events that are gender-appropriate. d. gender roles through prenatal exposure to sex hormones.
Experiments seem to indicate that rats can tell time. Which of these statements is evidence to support this claim?
A. Rats learn quickly in fixed interval schedules to press the lever close to the time when the interval has elapsed. B. In fixed ratio schedules, rats learn to count how many responses will get them the reward. C. When using variable interval schedules, the rat will begin to predict when the interval is over. D. Rats exposed to variable ratio schedules learn to sense subtle changes in pressure as the reward is loaded into the device.