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viki

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During the hurricane and subsequent flooding in New Orleans several years ago, survivors reported that they were much more likely to search for displaced family members than for friends. This finding supports the idea of ____.
 
  a. gene investment theory
  b. kin selection
  c. the commons dilemma
  d. rule of law

Question 2

In a well-known study conducted by Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968), schoolteachers were told that certain of their studentswho were in fact chosen by the researchers at randomwere intellectual bloomers and had tremendous academic potential. When these students were tested at the end of the year, it was found that their IQ scores had indeed significantly increased (presumably as a result of the special attention and treatment they had received from their teachers). This research most clearly demonstrates ____.
 
  a. the self-serving bias
  b. the discontinuity effect
  c. scapegoating
  d. the self-fulfilling prophecy



dominiqueenicolee

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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D



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