Taking advantage of your newfound knowledge of psychology you decide to put it to the test. You want your roommate to lend you $100. However you think that this amount is too much to ask so you start with a smaller request of $20. This is an example of:
a. a belief
b. cognitive dissonance
c. the foot-in-the-door phenomenon
d. an attitude
c. the foot-in-the-door phenomenon
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Mr. Varol, a middle school teacher, doesn't quite know what to make of Jacob, one of his high-achieving students. When Mr. Varol assigns a challenging in-class project that has to be completed within a certain time period and as part of a cooperative learning group, Jacob often ignores the efforts of the other members of his group and continues to work beyond the time limit. The behavior that
Jacob exhibits under these conditions most likely reflects a. a flow state. b. a learning disability. c. a behavior disorder. d. poor classroom management by Mr. Varol.
The basic purpose of giving a standardized test is to
a. obtain a comprehensive measure of some aspect of student behavior. b. assess changes in scholastic aptitude as a child is formally educated. c. obtain an accurate, representative sampling of some aspect of student behavior. d. assess variation in achievement by changing the criteria for success in a standardized fashion.
Share an example of a time you responded to out-group members in a way that enhanced the whole group and its goals.
What will be an ideal response?
"Gender constancy" means
a. there will always be genders b. gender is something that should be constantly discussed with children c. the only constant in dealing with young children is gender d. the awareness that a person's gender will remain the same throughout life