Callie’s data set regarding the working conditions and stress levels of domestic workers contains housing expenses. The average is surprisingly low, but then she realizes that many workers are live-in employees and report zero housing expense. A more useful measure of central tendency that would not be as impacted by these extreme, outlying scores would be the ____

After years of suffering, you convinced your cousin to seek professional help for her depression. Because you have a background in psychology, she asked you to accompany her to the clinic, where she is diagnosed with double depression

Based on this description, which of these is the most likely description of your cousin's symptoms? a) Her symptoms are twice as severe as the symptoms in a typical case. b) The symptoms tend to last twice as long as the symptoms in a typical case. c) Her depression is a result of a combination of family stressors and biological changes related to pregnancy. d) She has a chronic form of depression with occasional major depressive episodes, so she is depressed all the time.

A great deal of psychological research supports the folk wisdom that "birds of a feather flock together," but there is little empirical support for the folk wisdom that "opposites attract."

According to social psychologists, why do we tend to find people similar to us attractive? What will be an ideal response?