Alice rates herself as above average regarding her ability to do well in school. Her tendency to maintain these positive feelings is called
a. an optimistic explanatory style. c. a self-improvement motive.
b. an external explanatory style. d. a self-enhancement motive.
D
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A researcher studies 5-year-olds and then studies them again 2 and 4 years later. What kind of research design is this?
a. Retrospective b. Psychoanalytic c. Longitudinal d. Cross-sectional
Many educators argue that the presence of students from diverse cultures enriches and broadens the educational experiences of all students. This would be an example of __________.
A. diversity reduction B. the pluralistic society model C. the cultural assimilation model D. multicultural education
Julia shows her 10-year-old daughter Heidi a picture of midtown Manhattan. After looking at the picture for half a minute, Heidi is able to vividly describe it from a visual image of the picture that she continues to see in her mind. Heidi has a memory capacity called:
A. photographic memory B. flashbulb memory C. mood convergence D. procedural memory
Alcohol interferes with skilled movements primarily through its action on the
A. reticular formation. B. hypothalamus. C. cerebellum. D. medulla.