In a particular African tribe, when adolescent girls reach menarche, there is a ceremony in which they cover themselves in white ashes, and walk through the village singing a song about becoming an adult
This ceremony is a good example of which of the following?
a. an apprenticeship
b. a rite of passage
c. a secular trend
d. a personal fable
b
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Researchers have found that lung cancer patients who are optimistic tend to live longer than those with patients with a pessimistic attitude. According to your textbook, what was one suggested reason for the difference in survival rates?
a. Pessimists tended to smoke more. b. Pessimists may have made poorer choices with respect to their treatment. c. Optimists had at a better prognosis when first diagnosed d. Pessimists had a more advanced stage of lung cancer.
According to the concept of general intelligence, a person's intelligence score actually represents
a. differences in unique ability stemming from a specific task. b. the additive score on a broad variety of tasks. c. the shared variance underlying performance on a diverse set of tasks. d. abilities on a particular test as compared to others within the same age group.