As overweight children approach adolescence, they become less popular because they
a. have fewer social skills.
b. do less well academically.
c. are less likely to be found sexually attractive.
d. become more aggressive with peers.
c
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Suppose that you volunteer to work at a shelter for abused women. The women whom you meet in the shelter are likely to
a. be relatively calm, once they are removed from the abusive situation. b. shows signs of depression and anxiety. c. come from middle- and upper-class homes. d. report that their husbands have nontraditional ideas about gender roles.
Sarah becomes frustrated because she cannot make cupcakes that look like the ones in Martha Stewart's cookbook. Which of the following does this exemplify?
A. upward social comparison B. downward social comparison C. social identity theory D. self-schema theory
Police investigators are likely to interrogate a crime witness about her ____ about what happened
a. rehearsal b. event memory c. strategic memory d. short-term memory
Research has shown that, compared to children being raised by two genetic parents, adopted children a. receive more investment from their adoptive parents. b. receive more preschool education, private tutoring, summer school, rent, and personal loans from their adoptive parents. c. have psychological outcomes that are often less positive than those of biologicalchildren
d. receive about as much investment from their adoptive parents as from stepparents.