How does gender affect friendships?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- Boys and girls in middle childhood increasingly prefer same-gender friendships.
- Male friendships are characterized by groups, clear dominance hierarchies, and restrictive play.
- Female friendships tend to involve one or two close relationships, equal status, and a reliance on cooperation.
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A. Waitresses comforting the injured at the medical tent B. Construction workers trying to clear rubble C. Teachers asked to hold bandages in place D. Police officers removing the seriously injured from the site
Based on his experiments with rats in mazes, Edward Tolman believed that ____
a. ?rats learned a route through the maze only when rewarded by finding food b. ?rats learned one specific route through the maze that enabled them to reach food c. ?rats adhered to the familiar route even when it no longer led to food d. ?rats developed a cognitive map for where they could find food
In a Canadian study, which of the following groups of children fared least well when cared for by someone other than their mothers during infancy?
girls from low-income families children of African descent boys from high-income families children of French descent
Roberta has collected data on students' attitudes toward cheating. According to Walter Mischel, the students' attitudes will likely _____ predict whether or not they cheat on an upcoming exam
A) fail to B) moderately C) strongly D) weakly