Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 14

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions
Scenario I
Scenario I is based on and presents data from the following study (reproduced from p.25 of the textbook) :
Piff,P.K. ,Stancato,D.M. ,Côté,S. ,Mendoza-Denton,R. ,& Keltner,D.(2012) .Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior.PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,109(11) ,4086-4091.doi:10.1073/pnas.1118373109
Piff and colleagues (2012) used naturalistic observation techniques to determine if wealthy people behaved more or less ethically than people who were not wealthy.In one study,observers stood at a busy intersection and recorded the make,model,and year of each approaching car.They also noted if the car cut off other cars or pedestrians at this intersection.
Major findings of Piff et al.(2012) are presented in Figure 1.1.This figure shows the percentage of times vehicles cut off another driver (top panel) or pedestrians (lower panel) as a function of the social status of the vehicles (with more expensive cars ranked higher in social status) .
Figure 1.1
-(Scenario I) Based on the results shown in Figure 1.1,it is NOT known if:

• A)people driving higher-class cars were less likely to yield to pedestrians.
• B)drivers in general were more likely to yield to another car than to a pedestrian.
• C)wealth caused people to care more about themselves than about others.
• D)wealth was associated with selfish driving behavior.

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Definitions:

Parallel

A type of electrical circuit connection wherein components are connected across the same voltage, leading each path to carry a part of the total current.

Inductive Reactance

The opposition offered by an inductor to alternating current, depending on the frequency of the current and the inductance of the coil.

Inductive Reactance

The opposition to the change of electric current in an inductor, measured in ohms.

Impedance

A measure of the opposition that a circuit presents to the passage of alternating current, expressed in ohms and combining resistive and reactive elements.