Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Popular beliefs are difficult to access.
Ans: F
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Regarding the social learning theorists' view of personality and gender, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Many "male" or "female" traits come from children's attempts to imitate a same-sex parent with whom they identify. b. We can learn without direct reward by observing and remembering the actions of others. c. The actions we choose to imitate depend on their outcomes. d. Children are labeled as boys or girls around age two and are encouraged to learn sex-appropriate behaviors from preschool on.
Using a sample of young adolescents, Dr. Nguyen finds a correlation of .55 between scores on a measure of neglectful or uninvolved parenting and scores on a measure of delinquent behavior. Based on this correlation alone, Dr. Nguyen can legitimately conclude that
a. the two variables are unrelated b. low SES is associated with both uninvolved parenting and the juvenile delinquency of the children c. uninvolved parenting causes delinquency in the children d. parenting that is more uninvolved is related to a higher degree of delinquent behavior in the children
Because she is an athlete, Corinne will reach her physical peak later than her non-athletic peers.
a. true b. false
According to Piaget, assimilation involves
a. the tendency to focus on just one feature of a problem, neglecting other important aspects b. the gap between what a learner can accomplish alone and what the learner can achieve with guidance from more skilled partners c. interpreting new experiences in terms of existing mental structures without changing them d. changing existing mental structures to explain new experiences