Ben's mother quite regularly showers him with expressions of praise and love, but she

Your father is an avid soccer fan and was hoping that his granddaughter would grow up to be a gifted soccer player. She is still not making much progress in learning to walk, and she is 14 months old. What would you tell your father?

He should probably give up on the notion that she will ever play soccer. Not to worry, children do not start walking until they are 18 months old. There is considerable variation when children begin walking, and it has nothing to do with later development of athletic ability. The age when a toddler begins walking is negatively correlated with intelligence, so she is most likely gifted.

A researcher wants to conduct an experiment to examine the effect of looking at fashion models on women's self-image. She has ten women from a psychology class come in and look at female models,

and has ten women from a different class look at pictures of regular females. She then measures the self-esteem of the women in both groups. What is the problem with this design? A) Self-esteem isn't a measure of self-image. B) Men aren't included in her study. C) Looking at models has no effect on women's self-image. D) Participants are not randomly assigned to condition.