When Gertrude has an assignment due for school, she procrastinates and distracts herself by checking social media and texting her friends. Gertrude is demonstrating a(n) __________ goal orientation.
A. work-avoidance
B. performance
C. mastery
D. expectancy-value
Answer: A
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a. Fluid b. Traditional c. Practical d. Unexercised
Jung proposed that the collective unconscious contains:
a. all the forbidden desires and traumas accumulated over the person's life b. the ego and its defense mechanisms c. archetypes, symbols of enduring concepts passed from one generation to the next d. a driving force to overcome inferiority and to achieve superiority
The "supermarket diet" often encourages
a. overeating. b. weight loss. c. taste aversions. d. homeostasis.
Which factor of environmental experience exerts the strongest effect on the child's growth?
a. Experience at daycare/preschool b. Parental warmth or rejection c. Medical history of illnesses d. Nutrition