In the Western Electric's Hawthorne plant study, the real independent variable was:
a. improved working conditions.
b. the level of worker productivity.
c. the rate at which workers were paid.
d. the attention the workers' received because they were participating in an experiment.
Question 2
Which of the following is true of the contribution of peers to gender socialization?
a. Nursery schools, at least, seem unaware of gender roles and do not encourage them.
b. Teenagers who most closely fulfill gender role expectations are given the greatest respect.
c. Acceptance or rejection by peers has little influence on the adolescent's self-concept.
d. Boys are more concerned than girls with gender role socialization.
e. Children are often encouraged to act out the roles for the opposite sex.
