This chapter ended by talking about just a few studies regarding same-sex couples. What other kinds of similarities or differences do you think social psychology research has found when studying gay/lesbian or bisexual relationships, compared to heterosexual relationships? What about polyamorous relationships?
What will be an ideal response?
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Finke's "creating an object" experiment had participants create a novel object by combining parts. Once they created an object, they were given the name of an object category and instructed to interpret their creation as a practical object or device within that category. Finke used the term preinventive forms to describe the
A. object parts. B. novel objects before a function was described. C. practical objects within the category. D. inventions rated high in both practicality and originality.
In explanations of behavior, sociobiologists urge social scientists to avoid ____.
a. biological distractors b. complex factors c. competing principles d. nothing-butism
The best sign as to whether an infant has developed an attachment for a specific adult would be if the infant
a. becomes apathetic when not near that specific adult. b. attempts to communicate telepathically with that adult. c. protests when he is separated from his primary caregiver. d. smiles often when strangers are nearby.
One important difference between a paired-samples t test and an independent-samples t test is the way we calculate the ______.
A. estimated standard error B. sample standard deviations C. estimated population means D. sample means