Which of the following is most consistent with the research data?
A) ?Self-esteem of Asians is higher than that of Hispanics.
B) ?White females have higher self-esteem than white males.
C) ?Minority females have lower self-esteem than minority males.
D) ?Blacks have higher self-esteem than whites.
D
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Descriptions of disorders in the DSM-IV-TR
a. can be found for all forms of culture-bound syndromes. b. are derived from survey responses from board-certified clinicians in North America and Europe. c. are based on empirical data and clinical observations. d. are intentionally vague so that all known disorders can be categorized.
Tiffany has a hard time trusting other people her age because she believes they are irresponsible. Accordingly, when she makes dinner plans with one friend, she also makes backup plans with someone else, and she goes to one or the other
Her friends soon in turn begin to "blow off" their arrangements since it is not clear whether or not Tiffany will show up. Tiffany has created a. a confirmation bias. b. a self-fulfilling prophecy. c. counterfactual thinking. d. controlled unbelieving.
The news often points out girls' relatively poor academic performance on standardized tests compared to boys' performance on those tests. Based on the research presented in this chapter, these gender differences may be due in part to
a. the gender bias that pervades standardized tests. b. biological differences in the ways males and females process information. c. girls' and young women's "fear of success" schemas. d. the power of teachers' self-fulfilling prophecies.