Ryan and Mallory Are Both in the Second Grade

question 6

Multiple Choice

Ryan and Mallory are both in the second grade. At school they talk to each other and sometimes at recess they will play together as long as there is a group of boys of which Ryan is a part and a group of girls to which Mallory belongs. However, it is not unusual for them to spend Saturday afternoons at each other's homes. How would you describe their relationship?

• A) Pathological and aberrant
• B) Typical for their age
• C) Unusual and strange
• D) An indicator for future problems

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Definitions:

Structuralism

A theoretical paradigm in anthropology and sociology that posits elements of human culture must be understood in terms of their relationship to a broader system or structure.

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A theory in psychology that emphasizes the importance of observable actions and behaviors over internal processes.

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is a research methodology where the researcher manipulates one variable and controls/randomizes the rest of the variables to study cause-and-effect relationships.