Kim is a first-time mom and feels like each day is a learning experience. This morning, she yelled at her toddler to stop, thinking he might fall, but he fell anyway and was scared by her loud voice. At first, she felt badly about herself, but then she decided she should not beat herself up but rather make a mental note about it for next time. Kim is exemplifying __________.
A. humanity
B. mindfulness
C. meditation
D. narcissism
Answer: B
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a. Amygdala b. Serotonin c. Cortisol d. HPA axis
One reason that traditional educational practices may not lead to critical thinking is that
A) those educational practices do not account for how adolescents make cognitive progress from one stage to the next stage. B) the focus is on what to think instead of how to think. C) the emphasis is on mental shortcuts that can be used to solve problems. D) there are cultural differences in the meaning of critical thinking.
The members of Ike's fraternity think spending the entire activity fund for the cultural fest is reasonable. Ike does not think this is a good idea but he decides to keep quiet rather than offend his fraternity brothers and risk being ridiculed
This scenario illustrates a symptom of: a. groupthink. b. deindividuation. c. the diffusion of responsibility. d. the self-serving bias.
The standard normal distribution has a standard deviation of ? = ______.
a. 1 b. –1 c. 0 d. .5