What Is a Strategy for Avoiding Problems with the Reference

question 29

Multiple Choice

What is a strategy for avoiding problems with the reference group effect?

• A) standardizing people's responses
• B) combining the cultures' respective reference groups
• C) asking participants not to use a reference group
• D) asking participants to compare themselves to a standard nonhuman group (such as gorillas)
• E) using more concrete items that call for less subjective judgments

Comprehend the Physical changes that occur during puberty.

Recognize the contributions of key theorists such as Piaget and Kohlberg to adolescent psychology.

Describe the cognitive developments that occur during adolescence.

Understand the concept of morality and its stages as proposed by Kohlberg.

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Definitions:

Plagiarism

The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own without proper acknowledgment.

Paraphrasing

The process of rewording or rephrasing text while maintaining the original meaning, often used to simplify or clarify the original text.

Indirect Quotation

A paraphrase or summary of someone else's words without directly quoting them, often introduced by a phrase like "he said that..." or "according to..."

Quotation Marks

Punctuation marks used in pairs to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation or a direct speech within a text.