An employee's supervisor places full confidence in the employee and believes that the employee can handle a fairly difficult task. This boosts the employee's self-esteem which in turn increases her performance. This phenomena is known as:

a. consistency
b. the Pygmalion effect
c. the Golem effect
d. socially influenced self-esteem


b

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Sanji sees himself as a fraction of the whole—an entity having little or no meaningful definition without reference to the group. He probably comes from a(n) ____ self-system.?

a. ?self-actualized b. ?independent c. ?interdependent d. ?dependent

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People are tested on the following: staying balanced on a unicycle, understanding Shakespeare, juggling balls, solving algebraic problems, writing an essay on a controversial topic, counting backward by 7 out loud, comprehending vocabulary, balancing a checkbook, and completing an obstacle course. MOST likely, the patterns of correlation among these tests would yield _____ middle-level abilities.

A) two B) three C) five D) nine

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Small, charged molecules can cross the cell membrane through ____.

A. diffusion B. ribosomes C. mitochondria D. protein channels

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When Colin was young, he was stung by a bee and had a severe allergic reaction. Now, many years later, whenever he hears a buzzing sound (including when people imitate a buzzing sound), he becomes nervous and panics. In this example, the unconditioned stimulus is

a. the severe allergic reaction.
b. the bee sting.
c. the buzzing sound.
d. Colin's reacting nervously and panicking.
e . people imitating a buzzing sound.

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