Olga is interested in how people develop strategies for conflict resolution. She selects a group of preschoolers, and uses both interviews and naturalistic observation to explore their approaches to dealing with conflict. Every two years thereafter, Olga again interviews and observes this same group of youngsters, concluding her study when the children reach adolescence. Olga has been using a
_____ research design.
a. behavioral observation
b. cross-sectional
c. longitudinal
d. sequential
c
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Which of the following suggests that you are more likely than average to become an alcoholic? a. You can handle stressful situations more easily than most people. b. You can taste alcohol in lower concentrations than most people do. c. You develop hangovers more easily than most people do
d. You can drink much alcohol before you start to feel drunk.
Anderson and others (1992) found that heavy women are perceived as more attractive than slender women in countries where food is often in short supply. This finding is consistent with the idea that
a. certain body types are inherently more attractive than others. b. beauty is subjective. c. symmetry is an important component of attractiveness. d. beauty is objective.
Suppose that it is 1964, and that Betty, a homemaker who put on weight with each of her three pregnancies, wants to lose 20 pounds. What medication would have been prescribed to Betty at that time to help her lose weight??
a. ?ephedrine b. ?orlistat c. ?amphetamines d. ?sibutramine
Jack wants his wife to have more interest in sex. If he constantly encourages her to have sex with him by sending flowers with sexual messages on them, buying her sexy lingerie, and other tactics, she will probably
a. have more interest in sex with Jack. b. have even less interest in sex with Jack, but possibly more interest in sex generally. c. have more interest in sex, but probably start an affair. d. still not have more interest in sex.