In Jane Elliot's elementary school classroom, extremely prejudiced behavior was generated on the basis of eye color and
a. displaced aggression.
b. status inequalities.
c. peer group membership.
d. ethnic background.
ANSWER: b
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a) creative problem solving seems to be associated more with the right hemisphere activation than with the left. b) solving remote associates is a completely left brain activity. c) creative problem solving is lateralized – both hemispheres show equal activation. d) the solving of non-insight problems seems to be the province of the right hemisphere.
In terms of learning about generalization across participants,
a. the researcher can normally be confident that a result found in one sample will generalize to all populations that he or she is interested in. b. the researcher can usually be confident that a result found in one sample will not generalize beyond the sample that he or she has studied. c. no sample of research participants can provide definitive information about how a finding will generalize. d. it is possible to make highly accurate statements about the likelihood of a finding generalizing to all populations.