Dr. Albert is interested in how thinking changes in adolescence and early adulthood. She indentifies a group of people who are 18 years old, a second group who are 22 years old, and a third group who are 26 years old
She asks participants in all three groups to answer some questions testing their moral reasoning skills. Her research study is best considered an example of:
a. a longitudinal study
b. a cross-sectional study
c. a sequential-cohort study
d. an age-cohort experiment
b
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A chi-square test for independence is being used to evaluate the relationship between two variables. If the test has df = 2, what can you conclude about the two variables?
a. One variable consists of 2 categories and the other consists of 3 categories. b. One variable consists of 2 categories and the other consists of 4 categories. c. Both variables consist of 2 categories. d. Both variables consist of 3 categories.
Which mate-selection preference is stronger for men than for women?
a. acceptable odor b. likelihood of being a good provider c. youthfulness d. intelligence
Wanda was the hardest working student in her school. Her constant efforts were rewarded at graduation when she received an award as the university's best math student. She confessed at that time that in elementary school she had failed math and was told by her teacher that she should pick an occupation that did not require her to work with numbers. What might Alfred Adler have said about Wanda?
A. Wanda is the exception to the rule, in that she should have instead displayed an inferiority complex. B. She most likely is a first born child. C. Her striving for achievement resulted from her earlier feelings of inferiority. D. She achieved because she never saw herself as inferior, regardless of what happened to her in elementary school.
Some gender stereotypes are false beliefs.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)