Which of these scenarios is most in line with the operant conditioning explanation for gender segregation?
A) Colleen has an inherent understanding of male and female roles, so she acts like other
girls she has seen.
B) Sheila repressed her feelings toward boys when she was younger, but now she no longer
feels the need to do so.
C) Ricardo makes fun of the ways that girls at his school behave, so he hangs out with the
boys.
D) Brian is picked on when he joins the girls in their game, so he starts spending more time
with boys.
D
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As the sample size gets larger, what happens to the size of the correlation that is needed for significance?
a. It also gets larger. b. It gets smaller. c. It stays constant. d. There is no consistent relationship between sample size and the critical value for a significant correlation.
Which of the following is NOT true of the feeling of knowing phenomenon? a. People's judgments of their prospective ability to recognize the answer to a question are positively correlated with later recognition performance
b. Even though people may not be able to produce the answer to a question, they are fairly good at predicting whether they could recognize it if it were later presented to them. c. Although feeling of knowing performance is fairly good, it is far from perfect. d. People tend to underestimate their knowledge.
Regarding attachment behaviors, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Fathers of securely attached infants tend to be outgoing, agreeable, and happy in their marriage. b. Poor attachment occurs when a mother's actions are inadequate, inappropriate, intrusive, or rejecting. c. The link between sensitive caregiving and secure attachment appears to apply to all cultures. d. The main aspect of a secure attachment involves parents who provide an overstimulating environment that holds the child's attention and interest.
According to strain theory, runaways leave home because
A) they have become alienated from their peers. B) they have not internalized appropriate values and norms. C) they do not want to be controlled. D) they have become alienated from their families.