Research suggests that prejudice is reduced when ________
a. groups are asked to pretend that they like each other.
b. an intellectual argument against prejudice is made.
c. members of different groups are made to cooperate with one another to achieve a goal.
d. a moral argument against prejudice is made.
Answer: c
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When the scores in a distribution are negatively skewed, the mean will have a value _____
a. higher than the median b. equal to the median c. either higher or lower than the median, depending on the value of the mode d. lower than the median
Suppose that researchers have tested a group of high school students on a cognitive task, using well-controlled conditions. Then they created graphs for the scores of the males and females, and they found that the two graphs had only a small overlap. Which of the following conclusions would be most likely?
a. One of the two groups must have greater variability. b. The researchers probably selected biased samples. c. The two genders probably differ in their skill on this task. d. The researchers' findings are consistent with the results of other studies, where there are substantial gender differences on cognitive tasks.