Siegler’s (1988) study of individual differences in children’s performance on single-digit arithmetic problems revealed that students could be categorized into three groups: good students, not-so-good students, and perfectionists. Results indicated that perfectionists used the retrieval strategy ___.
a. more often than students in either of the other two groups
b. more often than not-so-good students, but less often than good students
c. about as often as students in the other two groups
d. less often than students in either of the other two groups
d. less often than students in either of the other two groups
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Mental set is a
a. type of means-end heuristic. b. tendency to rely on problem-solving strategies that worked in the past. c. type of subgoal setting. d. form of the backwards-thinking heuristic. e. rule of thumb in problem solving.
What percentage of psychopaths are men?
A. 25% B. 50% C. 80% D. 99%
The ________ substage is the first substage of Piaget's preoperational stage of development.
A. symbolic function B. social referencing C. intuitive thought D. sensorimotor
People who are highly anxious are more likely to employ ________ as a way of alleviating uncertainly about their competencies
a. self-assessment and self-improvement b. self-verification and self-enhancement c. self-assessment and self-enhancement d. self-verification and self-improvement