Most students, when asked, prefer a grade of A in a course compared to a grade of B. This preference reflects what concept of motivation?
a. the strength of a motive
b. push motivation
c. the value of an incentive
d. the emotion of pride when earning a grade of A
c. the value of an incentive
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Researchers have found that reading to infants and toddlers leads to gains in language development, as well as enhanced school readiness skills. The relationship between reading to infants and toddlers and favorable developmental outcomes is ______.
A. correlational B. causal C. experimental D. observational
A child is diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder. What is one risk of this with a classification system? a. Classification tends to be highly unreliable
b. Classification tends to give psychopathology an all-or-nothing quality. c. Classification is rarely based on empirical research. d. Classification may create a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Because bodily effects, upsetting thoughts, and ineffective behavior each worsen the others in a vicious cycle, the authors of your textbook refer to this as the
a. Psychosomatic Game. b. Stress Game. c. Stress Inoculation. d. General Adaptation Syndrome.
Self-help groups and widow-to-widow programs are helpful to bereaved elders by
a. introducing them to potential partners for remarriage b. enabling them to find others to share special interests and hobbies c. encouraging them to get over their grieving quickly d. helping them to regain control in living e. none of these