Anne has been working nights and weekends to get a project completed at work. She is successful, and a couple of weeks later she comes into work and her boss presents her with a bonus check. This best illustrates the value of:

Women who are independent, aggressive, and unemotional

may be considered "unhealthy," while women who show the opposite traits, such as being vain, emotional, dependent, and irrational (all "feminine" traits in our culture) may be classified as having a dependent personality disorder. This example of the gender bias in judging normality a. occurs because women are genetically predisposed to emotional dysfunction more so than are men. b. occurs because the standards we set for males are higher than those for females. c. occurs because the standards for judging normality tend to be based on males. d. occurred in the 1950s but does not occur today.

Brad is a social psychologist. Marion is a sociologist. Which research question is most likely of interest to both of them?

a. How do societal factors influence racial differences in academic achievement? b. How does positive and negative feedback impact conceptions of the self? c. Do different socioeconomic groups express different political attitudes? d. Can an authority figure influence people to act in ways that they normally would not?