Author Question: Though they had all been together on the transcontinental flight for three hours, the passengers ... (Read 88 times)

AEWBW · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Though they had all been together on the transcontinental flight for three hours, the passengers didn't start to talk to one another until the plane ran into some serious turbulence. This behavior is best explained by the

a. tendency for external threat to increase affiliation.
b. matching hypothesis.
c. proximity effect.
d. evolutionary perspective on the sociostat.

Question 2

Carmella finds a correlation of +0.47 between self-esteem and academic achievement. Which of the following is the most appropriate interpretation of this correlation?

a. High self-esteem motivates students to achieve more academically.
b. Doing well academically increases students' self-esteem.
c. The higher students' self-esteem, the greater their academic achievement.
d. As self-esteem increases, academic achievement decreases.