The tendency to marry someone who is similar in age, race, education, or religion is referred to as __________.
A. marriage gradient
B. homogamy
C. a cross-cultural factor
D. gender replication
Answer: B
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Suppose that you read a study in which 5,000 male workers and 5,000 female workers are asked about the number of days of work they missed last year. Imagine that males miss an average of 7.2 days and females miss an average of 7.3 days, and the difference is statistically significant. What would be an important criticism of this study?
a. Statistical significance is not important when we are considering such large sample sizes. b. The difference probably has no practical significance. c. The sample was probably not large enough. d. The study was probably very carefully conducted, because those two means are so similar.
The research on the biological basis of sexual orientation has been criticized because
a. it uses self-report to establish the research participants' sexual orientation. b. it cannot explain why 75% of the identical twins did not share the same sexual orientation. c. much of the research generalizes from lesbians, in order to draw conclusions about gay men and bisexuals. d. researchers have not paid enough attention to sexual behaviors in nonhuman animals.
The first contemporary token economy was established in 1961 by
a. Lindsley. b. Mowrer and Mowrer. c. Lazarus. d. Ayllon and Azrin.
In 1917, G. Stanley Hall founded the _____, which was the first journal in the United States devoted to problems of business and the measurement of vocational aptitudes.
a. American Psychologist b. Journal of Applied Psychology c. Journal of American Psychology d. Journal of Clinical Psychology