Cross-cultural research in judgments of body size suggests that Americans tend to rate the ideal body______than they do in other countries.

Related Mcqs:

1. Select the TWO correct statements from those below with regard to psychological research:
   1.You can fully understand the result of an IQ test without knowing anything about intelligence testing and standard scores.
   2. if two things are correlated this signifies that one is the cause of the other.
   3. A good knowledge of psychological research methods allows you to avoid making the mistakes that journalists politicians and many others make because they lack the necessary conceptual understanding.
   4. In most countries, in order to become a psychologist, you will be required to conduct a piece of psychological research.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 1 & 4
   D. 3 & 4

2. In some countries, it is normal to defecate or urinate in public. This makes it clear that judgments of the normality of behavior are:

   A. culturally relative
   B. statistical
   C. a matter of subjective discomfort
   D. related to conformity

3. While considerable research suggests that human’s exhibit relatively poor reasoning ability what reasons have been given to be critical of this research?

   A. Rationality is not absolute
   B. Experiments lack ecological validity
   C. Satisficing responses are rational responses
   D. People have limited time and data available
   E. All of the above

4. Judgments about the causes of outcomes of situations are known as:

   A. Predictions
   B. Attributions
   C. Endings
   D. Prophecies

5. The fact that cultural groups with less exposure to carpentered buildings are less susceptible to the Muller-Lyer illusion suggests that:

   A. not all cultures test perceptual hypotheses
   B. people in technologically advanced cultures are more gullible
   C. optical illusions can be experienced only by cultures that have been exposed to the concept of optical illusions
   D. perceptual inferences can be shaped by experience

6. A single, memorable case of welfare fraud has a greater impact on estimates of the frequency of welfare abuse than do statistics showing that this case is actually the exception to the rule. This illustrates that judgments are influenced by the:

   A. availability heuristic
   B. belief perseverance phenomenon
   C. framing effect
   D. confirmation bias

7. Clinical psychologists tend to endorse behaviorism more strongly, and counseling psychologists tend to endorse which of the following?

   A. Eclectic approach
   B. Psychodynamic
   C. Humanistic
   D. Biological

8. Cross- cultural similarities are most likely to be found in which of the following areas?

   A. what people look for in prospective mates
   B. the overall value of romantic love
   C. passionate love as a prerequisite for marriage
   D. the tradition of prearranged marriages

9. Some research suggests that women are more receptive to external sensory stimuli when they are what?

   A. Most tired
   B. Least hungry
   C. Least fertile
   D. Most fertile

10. In order to understand the unusual behavior of an adult client, a clinical psychologist has carefully investigated the client’s current life situation and his physical, social-cultural, educational history which research method has the psychologist employed?

    A. the case study
    B. the survey
    C. naturalistic observation
    D. correlational research