A friend explains to you the attraction she feels for a mutual friend. She speaks to you about their shared love of political engagement and their optimistic outlooks on their lives in the future. What factor influencing attraction does this situation describe?

similarity

physical characteristics

proximity

reciprocity

For each of the following examples of data, determine which scale of measurement is used. a) the number of miles joggers run per week. b) the starting salaries of graduates of mba programs c) the months in which a firm's employees choose to take their vacations. d) the final letter grades received by students in a math course.

Suppose you are a freshmen in college and you have not declared a major. one reason you enrolled at your respective college was the school's vibrant social life. at the same time, you want to balance your academic life because you know that your grades will matter for graduate school or job applications.you decide to forgo partying for two hours to study for an upcoming economics exam. in your first semester's principles of economics class, you learn that the enjoyment you would have received from partying is an example of a(n)

It is widely assumed that people need to engage in intellectual activities such as solving crossword puzzles or mathematics problems in order to maintain mental sharpness as they age. in fact, however, simply talking to other people—that is, participating in social interaction, which engages many mental and perceptual skills—suffices. evidence to this effect comes from a study showing that the more social contact people report, the better their mental skills. which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the force of the evidence cited? (a) as people grow older, they are often advised to keep exercising their physical and mental capacities in order to maintain or improve them. (b) many medical conditions and treatments that adversely affect a person's mental sharpness also tend to increase that person's social isolation. (c) many people are proficient both in social interactions and in solving mathematical problems. (d) the study did not itself collect data but analyzed data bearing on the issue from prior studies. (e) the tasks evaluating mental sharpness for which data were compiled by the study were more akin to mathematics problems than to conversation.