Which of the following is a personality characteristic of a person with a high need for achievement?
a. verbally aggressive behavior while completing group tasks
b. an inability to see the easy solutions to tasks
c. setting unrealistic goals
d. attraction to jobs that require initiative
D
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Which of these is NOT among Piaget's four cognitive developmental stages?
a. Formal operations stage b. Preoperational stage c. Proximal zone stage d. Sensorimotor stage
A perennial question for educational psychologists is, "Why do some students in a class succeed while others perform poorly?" According to the biopsychosocial model, which of the following is a possible explanation for this phenomenon?
A) biological differences in brain structures and chemistry B) social and cultural differences between students C) cognitive, emotional, and personality differences between students D) each student's biological makeup, social and cultural background, and their cognitive abilities, emotional state, and personality combine to make them different from any other student in the class
Based on your understanding of criminal profiling from your text, would you recommend that your local crime enforcement office
A) use criminal profiling. B) be cautious about drawing many conclusions from a criminal profile. C) use demographic information, but not personality profiles. D) use personality profiles, but not demographic information.
Darwin proposed the principle of __________.
A. specific nerve energy B. homeostasis C. natural selection D. functionalism