Ms. Carter is examining peer popularity in a second-grade classroom. She has asked the class to write down the names of the five students they like the best and the five students they like the least
She finds that Carmen has received a large number of nominations for being the "least liked," and Sandra has received a large number of nominations for being the "most liked." She categorizes Carmen as ________ and Sandra as ________.
A) controversial; neglected
B) neglected; rejected
C) average; popular
D) rejected; popular
D) rejected; popular. Rejected children receive a large number of "like least" nominations, while popular children receive a large number of "like most" nominations.
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Dr. Quillen treats a chronic smoker by first recording the number of cigarettes smoked daily, then offering monetary rewards for each day that one fewer cigarette is smoked. Because the client's own behavior serves as a control, this kind of study is called a(n) ____
a. analogue study b. single-participant experiment c. correlational study d. case study
According to studies of the influence of heredity and environment, heredity appears to be responsible for less than ten percent of the variation in most personality traits
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to Carol Gilligan, females tend to be concerned with morality of ________, making moral judgments on the basis of concern for others; in contrast, males tend to be concerned with morality of ________, making moral judgments on the basis of reason and abstract principles of equity
a. care and responsibility; justice c. equality and reciprocity; laws and rules b. justice; reciprocity d. social norms; proximity
When people refuse to complete a survey, it is a problem because _____
a. the researcher has to find somebody else to complete the items left blank b. the researcher will probably dislike the individuals who quit c. termination is likely to be random d. termination is likely to be systematic