In their study, Simmons, vom Kolke, and Shimizu (1986) found that romantic love was valued more in the United States and Germany than in Japan. In this context, which of the following statements is true?
a) Love is not an essential factor in reinforcing relationship between marriage partners.
b) Platonic love is more valued in Japan than in the United States.
c) Romantic love is valued in cultures with few strong, extended family ties.
d) Romantic love is valued in cultures that value materialism and platonic love.
c
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One severe limitation of standard experimental design is that whereas there are
many subjects, there is typically only one situation. Yet researchers routinely generalize about situations as well as subjects. One way to deal with this is (a) random assignment of subjects to groups (b) random sampling of subjects (c) assigning subjects to groups in turn, so that the first subject who shows up is put in one group, the second into the other, etc. (d) sampling of situations