An important part of people's self-worth is derived from group membership, according to

a. social identity theory.
b. the social brain hypothesis.
c. the escalation effect.
d. group support systems.


a

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Brodbeck and Shettleworth compared the memory ability of black-capped chickadees to that of dark-eyed juncos using:

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Ann conducts a study, and finds that the estimated population variances for the groups are 12.8, 16.3, 15.1, and 19.9. What is the within-groups estimate of the population variance?

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The motor theory of the lateralization of cerebral function is that

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