When a person states, the reason I failed the exam is because I am totally incompetent. This is an example of ______.

A. situational helplessness
B. universal helplessness
C. personal helplessness
D. global helplessness


C. personal helplessness

Psychology

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Which statement is correct regarding financial issues in late adulthood?

A. Social inequities that various socioeconomic groups experience are magnified with increasing age. B. Social inequities seem to level out in late adulthood. C. People who spend money early in their lives adopt a meager spending style later in life. D. Cost of living does not have a profound effect in late adulthood.

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What type of theorist is most likely to argue that all of the information needed to interpret the current perceptual situation is available in the current perceptual situation?

a. constructivist b. ecological c. biological d. neurological

Psychology

Which of the following students has the most accurate information about the research on levels of categorization?

a. Stacy: "We use family-resemblance names in order to identify objects." b. Midori: "Members of superordinate-level concepts are especially likely to produce the priming effect." c. Scott: "Brain-imaging research shows that the prefrontal cortex is activated when people judge superordinate terms; it is less active with basic-level terms." d. Rasa: "Experts and novices both use basic-level terms more than subordinate-level terms."

Psychology

By traditional definition, how many of the following 16-year-old children could be classified as "intellectually disabled" (Note: all IQ scores based on Stanford-Binet test results.): Kirk, IQ ? 120; McCoy, IQ ? 100; Chekhov, IQ ? 80; Sulu, IQ ? 60?

a. one b. two c. three d. four

Psychology