If you believe intelligence is relatively fixed, then you advocate a(n) _________ theory of intelligence

a. incremental
b. entity
c. sexist
d. hereditary


Answer: B

Rationale: Those who held this theory were more likely to give up in the face of highly challenging problems, and they were likely to withdraw from situations that resulted in failure.

Psychology

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According to the developmental cascade for adolescent depression, stress may impact the adolescent's ability to accomplish two major tasks associated with adolescence: establishing independence from parents and __________.

A. exploring identity B. graduating from high school C. learning how to cope with stress D. forming close relationships with others

Psychology

Human service agencies

a. provide assistance with family problems and juvenile problems. b. provide help with drug problems. c. employ therapists to provide short-term counseling. d. All of these apply.

Psychology

The difficulty of obtaining informed consent from research participants in field research a. makes field research impossible. b. must be considered in light of the potential benefits of the research as well as the potential harm to the participants

c. is not considered important in the area of environmental psychology. d. can be safely ignored when no identifying information about the participants is recorded.

Psychology

Jung's unique brand of psychology is called ______________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology