The indiscriminate need to compete and win and to avoid losing at any cost as a means of maintaining or enhancing one's feelings of self-worth is called ______________

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hypercompetitiveness

Psychology

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a. socialization. c. gender expectation. b. sexual orientation. d. gender role.

Psychology

Odorant molecules bind to:

A) olfactory bulbs. B) ORNs. C) the olfactory epithelium. D) the glomerulus.

Psychology

"When I beat my average bowling score, I attribute it to my skill, but if I score below my average, I blame it on the dent in my bowling ball.". This is an example of the:

a. actor-observer effect c. fundamental attribution error b. covariation principle d. self-serving bias

Psychology

If a flute playing is a conditioned stimulus, then a piccolo playing might, t

lesser degree, serve the same function. This is an instance of what is called (a) spontaneous association (b) permanence (c) generalizatio (d) recovery

Psychology