"What's the use? It doesn't matter how hard I prepare for this job interview. Whatever happens is just fate or luck.". This thinking reflects:
a. an external locus of control
b. a holistic view of life
c. an internal locus of control
d. becoming fixated at the oral stage of development
A
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Vivian and Richard have just entered the "empty nest" stage of parenting. Which of the following factors is likely to help them feel positive about this change?
a. having adequate financial resources to survive as they approach retirement b. a feeling that they have done a good job of parenting their children c. being in good physical health and being active on a regular basis d. knowing that they are going to care for their grandchildren on a weekly basis
The notion that form is a property of objects is ____
a. ?a definition of "Gestalt" b. ?a criterion for the phi phenomenon c. ?necessary for the occurrence of insight learning d. ?unique to the sensory field e. ?a priori
According to the discussion of early language production,
a. true babbling involves only vowels. b. babbling is a form of intentional communication. c. when infants are 1 month old, their babbling already sounds like the language spoken in their home. d. intentional communication begins at about 9 months of age.
According to cognitive psychologists, when a person perceives only certain stimuli among a larger array of possibilities, this distortion in thinking is called
a. selective perception. b. overgeneralization. c. all-or-nothing thinking. d. personification.