You read about a major bank robbery on both a United States news site and a Japanese news site. How might the focus of each story differ?
What will be an ideal response?
The U.S. news site is more likely to focus on the robber, mentioning her or his motivations, background, or traits. The Japanese news site, however, is more likely to focus on the situation, noting that the person was experiencing financial difficulties or had just been fired from a job.
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a. Conditioned stimulus b. Unconditioned stimulus c. Conditioned response and unconditioned response d. Conditioned stimulus and unconditioned stimulus
Which characteristic best describes the third of the three-stage process of women's morality, as theorized by Carol Gilligan?
A. goodness as self-sacrifice B. orientation toward individual survival C. morality of nonviolence D. moral equivalence established between self and others
Seventy-six-year-old Elizabeth, a white woman in the U.S., has been recently widowed. She is thinking about her choices of living arrangements. What is her first choice most likely to be?
a. to live with her daughter b. to live with her son c. to move in with her sister d. to live alone
How did Mary Jane say that she has dealt with her son John's frustrations and difficult temperament?
What will be an ideal response?