Jill works really hard at her job because she is afraid of getting fired. This is an example of __________

a. avoidance motivation
b. implicit needs
c. explicit goals
d. approach motivation


Answer: A

Psychology

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Tim's therapist isn't "warm and fuzzy.". In fact, she is quite aggressive in confronting Tim when he makes an irrational statement like, "I'm a total failure, and there's nothing I can do about it.". Tim's therapist is using:

a. Freud's psychoanalytic therapy b. Beck's cognitive therapy c. Perl's Gestalt therapy d. Ellis' rational-emotive therapy

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Describe Benjamin Whorf’s linguistic relativity hypothesis and the research has to say about the hypothesis

What will be an ideal response?

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Sometimes variables that are outside of the experimenter's control affect a participant's behavior. Such factors are called __________ variables

FIll in the blank with correct word.

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The more cotton prices declined in the South from 1882-1930, the more lynchings of Blacks occurred. This observation supports the theory that prejudice and discrimination are caused by ______

a. stereotyping b. genetic predisposition c. interpersonal conflict d. frustration-aggression

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