Research on children's stereotypes about gender shows that
a. kindergartners tend to believe that males are more aggressive than females.
b. kindergartners actually tend to believe that females are stronger and more competent than males.
c. children do not have different beliefs about boys and girls until they reach the age of 8.
d. children under the age of 6 have very clear stereotypes about females, but their stereotypes about males are not well developed.
A
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a. because of our normal cognitive processes. b. because we dislike certain categories of people. c. because we feel guilty, and we want to blame other categories of people for some problems. d. because of factors that evolutionary psychology can explain.
Which of the following are valid criticisms of the case study method?
a) It does not provide the means for ruling out alternative hypotheses. b) It is unable to provide satisfactory evidence for cause-effect relationships. c) The results of a case study are influenced by many factors unique to the subject and the context of the case study. d) All of the above.
A condition or event that an experimenter varies to see its impact on another variable is called a(n) ______ variable
A) ?control B) ?dependent C) ?independent D) ?experimental
The ________ of a theory concerns the range of situations to which it applies.
A. broadness B. domain C. applicability D. generality