According to the authors of your text, people's evaluations of how good, competent, and decent they are is the definition of
a. self-evaluation.
b. self-efficacy.
c. self-monitoring.
d. self-esteem.
Answer: D
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a) It refers to our perceived roles in life, aggregate role and life experiences, narratives, values, and motives. b) It refers to a predisposition or a tendency to respond positively or negatively toward a certain idea, object, person, or situation. c) It refers to a consistent pattern of behavior that a person would usually display in relevant circumstances. d) It refers to a process of promoting oneself as being powerful or important.
Alex just bought a car last month and it is already having major mechanical problems. In which of the following cases is Alex least likely to experience cognitive dissonance?
a. He bought the car against his friends' advice, and spent a lot of money on it. b. He bought the car against his friends' advice, but it was cheap. c. His friends supported his car purchase even though he spent a lot of money on it. d. His friends supported his car purchase, and it was cheap.
Deanna Kuhn argues that the MOST important cognitive change in adolescence is
A. improvement in executive functioning. B. reduced egocentrism. C. increased concrete thinking. D. problem solving through trial-and-error.
The highest rate of per capita cigarette consumption in the US was in ____
A) ?1934 B) ?1962 C) ?1966 D) ?2012