The belief that misfortunes only happen to others is referred to as the illusion of
a. foreclosure
b. helplessness.
c. crystallization.
d. invulnerability.
d
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a. True b. False
The id, ego, and superego are the three mental structures that direct the personality in
a. Maslow's hierarchy of motives. b. Freud's psychoanalytic theory. c. Allport's trait theory of personality. d. Dollard and Miller's critical situations.
Through the scientific method, psychologists attempt to determine general principles of behavior and mental processes. In this process, psychologists use ____.?
a. ?the availability heuristic b. ?inductive reasoning c. ?deductive reasoning d. ?mental sets
Which of the following statements is true regarding adolescent job commitments?
A) The responsibility required for after-school jobs often translates into a student taking greater responsibility for household chores and schoolwork. B) Students who have part-time jobs are more likely to finish high school and attend college. C) The more hours students work, the poorer their school attendance, the lower their grades, and the more likely they are to drop out. D) The more hours students work, the greater their school attendance, the higher their grades, and the less likely they are to drop out.