Techniques that protect your "personal space," such as using a newspaper to shield yourself from others, is known as ________

A) the diffusion of responsibility
B) alienation
C) the norm of noninvolvement
D) group polarization


C

Sociology

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At any given point in time, less than 5% of adults over 65 live in nursing homes.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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When the row marginals are extremely unequal,

a. lambda is the preferred measure of association. b. lambda may exceed 1.00. c. any chi square based measure of association will be less than zero. d. lambda may be zero even though there is an association between the variables.

Sociology

Cornelia used the student directory at her school to select a random sample of 100 students for her laboratory experiment on decision making. She then used a quota matrix containing the variables she felt would most likely influence decision making, and assigned people within each matrix cell alternately to the experimental and control groups. What method of selecting subjects was used?

a. nonprobability sampling b. probability sampling c. randomization d. matching e. simple random selection

Sociology

Margaret Stroebe points out that suppression or avoidance of confrontation with memories related to the deceased is risky and an ineffective strategy of coping.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Sociology