Jorge has been socialized to seek a woman who is younger, smaller, and lower in status than he. This is referred to as __________.

A. the marriage gradient
B. a universal norm
C. social selectivity
D. societal bias


Answer: A

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Jack and Jill are twins. Because he is a boy, Jack's parents encourage him to run. However, they discourage Jill from engaging in athletic activity. As a result, Jack is much faster at running up a hill than Jill. The difference in Jack and Jill's behavior is best explained by a. nonshared environmental influences. b. active gene-environment relations

c. polygenetic effects. d. niche-picking.

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American psychologist Normal Triplett is credited with which accomplishment?

a. emphasizing the use of empiricism in research b. focusing his writings on larger cultural surroundings c. noting that people often perform worse when watched d. publishing the first research article in social psychology

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People are more likely to suffer from increased stress-related health problems in midlife if they consistently make attributions for negative events that are:

a. external, stable, and global b. internal, stable, and global c. internal, unstable, and global d. internal, stable, and specific

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