You have put your last quarter in a vending machine and pressing the button has had no effect, so you press the buttons more vigorously and then try all the other buttons. If none of these strategies work, your next response may be to kick the machine, which would be classified as which type of response?
a. displacement
b. aggression
c. persistence
d. assertiveness
B
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kosher household and used different knives for different foods. The woman's well-intentioned attempt at neighborliness ended in an argument, which could have been prevented through a. knowledge of different cultural values and practices. b. controlled social competition. c. the development of more just-world beliefs. d. all of these.
Explain how a grief reaction can become a disorder. Is it possible to predict who will develop complicated grief?
What will be an ideal response?
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What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following behaviors has been shown to indicate that an infant has an awareness of self?
A. Baby Aaron attempts to rub his nose after seeing a dab of rouge smeared on it while viewing his reflection in a mirror. B. Baby MacKenzie touches her mother's face when she notices her mother is sad or visibly upset as if to comfort her. C. Baby Carter smiles at his reflection in a mirror. D. Baby Maggie responds when her father calls her name.