Shelley wants her grandma to keep in touch through e-mail but her grandma says, "Oh, Shelley, you know that you can't teach an old dog new tricks!" If Shelley has been studying the problems with popular beliefs about psychological phenomena, how should sh

What will be an ideal response?

A good answer will include the following key points.
• Popular beliefs and sayings have often been refuted by scientific research.
• Before accepting a popular proverb as true, it would be important to look at empirical evidence.
• Many popular proverbs contradict each other because they are not based on empirical evidence.

Psychology

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According to Sullivan, preadolescents experience the need for ________ with a few close friends, typically of the same sex

A) interpersonality B) empathy C) attachment D) intimacy

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