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11. According to the required portion of our reading by Graham et al. (2013), Reciprocal Altruism (Dawkins, 1976; Trivers, 1971) may be a reason for which of the following moral basis/bases:

 

A. ethic of care

B. ethic of sanctity/degradation

C. ethic of fairness

D. none of the other answers given here is correct

 

12. As taught in this course, “WEIRD” stands for:

 

A. Western, educated, individualistic, relativistic, democratic

B. Western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic

C. Western, educated, industrialized, religious, democratic

D. Western, educated, individualistic, rich, democratic

 

13. According to the required portion of our course reading by Graham et al. (2013), the following is true:

 

A. there are a finite number of moral foundations

B. there are definitely five moral foundations: no more, no less

C. there are likely as many moral foundations as there are individual people

 

14. According to the required portion of our reading by Graham et al. (2013), Haidt and Joseph (2004) used _____________ to create their five-factor formal foundations model.

 

A. nativism and pluralism

B. evolutionary psychological and anthropological insights

C. anthropological and nativistic insights

D. evolutionary psychology and intuitionism

 

15. According to the required portion of the reading by Graham et al. (2013), if any of the following, four claims is false, Moral Foundations Theory must fail: Nativism, Intuitionism, Pluralism, and

 

A. Naivism

B. Cultural learning

C. Brutalism

D. Group valuing

 

16. According to the required portion of our reading by Graham et al. (2013), under the Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) claim of “Pluralism”, because there have been multiple, recurrent, social challenges in our evolution, there are multiple moral foundations.

 

A. false

B. true

 

17. According to the required portion of our reading by Graham et al. (2013), the following is one of the five, original, moral foundations:

 

A. authority/subversion

B. fairness/cheating

C. loyalty/betrayal

D. all of the answers given here are correct

E. care/harm

 

18. According to the required portion of our reading by Graham et al. (2013), using a large international sample showed that:

 

A. even after controlling for various demographic variables, world region was a significant predictor of foundation-related concerns.

B. both of the answers given here are correct

C. moral foundations model was a good fit to the data across world regions.

 

19. Nivette et al. (2021) included non-contact offences such as fraud and cybercrime were measured in their study.

 

A. True

B. False

 

20. In this module’s reading by Lewsey, published in 2021, it was said or suggested that the pandemic has been devastating, but has allowed for opportunities to better understand social processes, including those involved in causing city-wide crime levels

 

A. True

B. False

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1. Popular press coverage of scientific, peer-reviewed articles are always misleading.

 

A. True

B. False

 

2. In this module’s reading by Lewsey, published in 2021, it was said or suggested that

 

A. all of the answers given here are correct

B. organized criminal behavior might have been partially responsible for the lesser reductions in homicide rates seen

C. potential criminals and victims not coming together in public spaces might have led to some crimes’ reductions

D. homicide might not have reduced as much as other crimes because it can frequently happen in homes

 

3. Our module reading by Nivette et al. (2021), used, in part, an Interrupted Time Series (ITS) data analysis. Its “interruption”, was:

 

A. the stringency of the lock-down measure, for each city for which data were collected

B. the day of the start of the lock-down, for each city the data of which were analyzed

C. the day on which the crime ‘pivoted’– that is, reversed from trending up to down, or vice versa

 

4. A “treatment variable” can be thought of as a(n):

 

A. Dependent variable

B. Independent variable

 

5. Supplementary materials made available by some scientific, peer-reviewed articles’ authors, were briefly discussed in lecture. An example of what these can contain was said to be:

 

A. the dataset(s) that was/were analyzed, to produce the article’s Results

B. in cross-cultural psychological studies, maps of areas sampled

C. a full listing of datasources and means of accessing each

 

6. Calculation of a multi-day, moving average of a dependent variable (DV), in cross-cultural research, can help ensure that that DV is more comparable across countries observing different “weekends”.

 

A. False

B. True

 

7. A major Interrupted Time Series (ITS) analysis result of Nivette et al. (2021) was that:

 

A. both of the answers given here are correct

B. cities with a greater stay-at-home stringency index score tended to have a greater decline in crime

C. crimes’ rates tended to return to pre-lock-down levels, over time within lock-downs

 

8. As discussed in the required portion of our reading by Graham et al. (2013), Moral Foundations Theorists hold that multiple “irreducible basic elements” are not necessary to explain morality.

 

A. True

B. False

 

9. According to the required portion of our reading by Graham et al. (2013), a fundamental tenet of Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) is that:

 

A. an explanation of morality requires only one element

B. an explanation of morality requires multiple elements, none of which can be reduced

 

10. According to the required portion of our reading by Graham et al. (2013), Gilligan’s (1982) ‘ethic of care’ meant Kohlberg’s (1969) moral foundation of fairness:

 

A. was the most important moral foundation

B. had to be the only moral foundation

C. could not be the only moral foundation

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11. According to the module reading by Hofstede (2011), regarding “power distance” the following is/are true:

 

A. involves greater resistance to power inequality by those who are less powerful

B. involves greater resistance to power inequality by those who are more powerful

C. it tends to be least in Eastern Europe, Latin countries, Asia, and Africa

D. it tends to be greatest in Eastern Europe, Latin countries, Asia, and Africa

 

12. According to the module reading by Hofstede (2011), uncertainty avoidance is encouraged by some nations, via:

 

A. possessing strict rules concerning behavior

B. clear guidelines as to educational norms

C. tolerating deviant opinions more

D. a strong educational tradition

 

13. According to the module reading by Hofstede (2011) regarding individualism/collectivism:

 

A. loyalty to the in-group may be expected more in nations that tend to be collectivistic

B. maintaining order is not given as high a priority, in collectivistic countries

C. loyalty to the in-group may be expected more in nationas that tend to be individualistic

D. maintaining order is not given as high a priority, in individualistic countries

 

14. According to the module reading by Hofstede (2011) regarding indulgence/restraint:

 

A. students in countries found to be more restrained, are more likely to attribute failure to not having tried hard enough

B. in countries found to be more indulgent, mothers tend to decide on number of children their families will have

C. it correlates weakly with long/short term orientation

D. loyalty to the in-group may be expected more in nationas that tend to be indulgent

 

15. According to the module reading by McCrae (2002), the NEO-PI-R (Costa & McCrae, 1992):

 

A. has been validated but not replicated

B. has 40 items

C. has five factors

D. has been translated into 30 languages/dialects

 

16. According to the module reading by McCrae (2002), a wide variety of measures of the FFM have now been developed; however, the following is the most widely used:

 

A. Elemental Psychopathy Assessment

B. Cross-Functional Personality Inventory

C. Revised NEO Personality Inventory

 

17. How can the average differences between genders, on the five factors in the Five Factor Model of personality traits, be characterized?

 

A. each between-gender, average difference in a factor, is smaller than the within-gender difference in that factor

B. none of the other answers given here is correct

C. these have only been observed in the U.S.

D. each between-gender, average difference in a factor, is larger than the within-gender difference in that factor

 

18. The following are average gender differences in the Five Factor Model factors, as found in the U.S.:

 

A. men were more open to experience, on all facets, than were women

B. women were higher than men in conscientiousness

C. women were higher in extraversion, on some facets, than were men

D. women were lower than men in agreeableness

 

19. Each of the five factors in the Five Factor Model, is measured on a unipolar continuum.

 

A. true

B. false

 

20. One reason it is important to consider the use of indigenous approaches to personality trait research, rather than automatically using the Five Factor Model (FFM), is

 

A. the FFM has not been replicated

B. the FFM was developed in the U.S., in English

C. none of the other answers given here is correct

 

What is your opinion about the expert witness’s testimony?

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  1. From the Painter v. Bannister (1966) case, how did the appellate court treat the expert witness testimony differently than the trial court that actually listened to the expert (Dr. Hawks)?   What is your opinion about the
  2. From the Painter v. Bannister (1966) case, how did the appellate court treat the expert witness testimony differently than the trial court that actually listened to the expert (Dr. Hawks)?   What is your opinion about the expert witness’s testimony?

How would I Perform the ANOVA in SPSS,

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How would I Perform the ANOVA in SPSS, including running descriptives and the homogeneity of variance test. I just need a step by step in spss please

Parenting Plans

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Reflect on the following questions. Post your response to the discussion board. Post your discussion post by Thursday. 1 peer response due by Sunday.

This discussion has two parts:

1) Mediators and parenting plans:

  • Parenting Plans are often developed with the help of “mediators” (who may also provide child custody evaluations). Should these be separate roles or should they be part of the same role? Why?

2) The pros/cons of the ALI Approximation rule:

  • What do you think are the pros and cons of the ALI (2000) Approximation Rule?

null hypothesis

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Research question G. What is the answer to the research question?

With the following information t(df)= -0.659, p=0.513, d= 5.6756

 

F. What is your decision about the null hypothesis (reject or fail to reject)? What is your rationale?

 

G. What is the answer to the research question?

correlation

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Which of the following is the strongest correlation?

 

0.72

 

-0.87

 

-0.44

 

1.21

mean series

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There are four series of numbers below.  Which of these can best be described as a skewed distribution?

19, 127, 132, 150, 147

235, 247, 256, 257, 269

12, 13, 15, 17, 19

250, 283, 300, 267, 289

mean

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In the statement, z = 2.42, p = .02, which of the following interpretations is TRUE? :

-There is a significant difference between the sample mean and the population.

-The answer cannot be determined from the information given.

-There is a marginally significant difference between the sample mean and the population.

-There is not a significant difference between the sample mean and the population.