A set of characteristics believed to be shared by all members of a social category is a ________

Which of the following statements best describes trends in actual and ideal weight in young American women?

A. While the weight of the average woman is decreasing, the average weight of the ideal woman is decreasing even faster. B. While the weight of the average woman is increasing, the average weight of the ideal woman is decreasing. C. While the weight of the average woman is increasing, the average weight of the ideal woman is increasing even faster. D. The weight of the average woman doesn't seem to be affected by the average weight of the ideal woman.

After a football game, several well-respected citizens of this

town participate in tearing down the goal posts. This behavior that occurs in groups would be of primary interest to psychologists. a. comparative b. developmental c. social d. community

A plot of false alarms versus hits for any given sensitivity, indicating all possible outcomes for a given sensitivity, is known as ______.

A. a ROC curve B. a noise plot C. criterion processing D. object-substitution masking

Professor James is designing a study that will investigate the role of practice in the amount of time it takes laboratory rats to learn a maze

In designing the study, she makes sure that she randomly assigns different rats to the experimental and control groups in order to equalize the two groups before collecting any data. To which of the three criteria for determining cause-effect conclusions is this step addressed? a. Covariation of variables b. Causal time sequence c. Elimination of other plausible causes d. None of the above