Compared to people who are sad or afraid, people who are happy or angry tend to ____

a. take fewer risks
b. be more confident and optimistic
c. be less likely to take a stand for what they believe in
d. be better able to concentrate on information that is presented to them


B

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Motivation theorists have taken the position that incentive motivation may be a mediator (M) between a goal object and the responses that are directed toward that goal object. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which the properties of M have been studied?

a. energizing properties of M b. emotional properties of M c. information properties of M d. transformational properties of M

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The __________ model, containing Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience, has been dominant in personality research since the 1980s

a) five-factor b) Maslow c) Minnesota Multiphasic d) Kohlberg

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What is the earliest evidence of humans' ability to understand basic mathematical ideas?

A) Newborns less than one week old can distinguish between cards with four black dots and cards with six black dots. B) Newborns less than one week old can distinguish between cards with two black dots and cards with three black dots. C) Children do not recognize mathematical quantities when they see or hear them until they are about four years old. D) Infants two or three months old can match the number of objects they see to the number of sounds they hear.

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