According to the social–cognitive approach, dimensions people use in making sense of their experiences are called:
A) personal constructs.
B) loci of control.
C) outcome expectancies.
D) self-concepts.
A) personal constructs.
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A. thalamus B. cones C. visual association areas D. primary visual cortex
Psychoactive drugs can be placed on a scale ranging from
a. addiction to withdrawal. b. dependency to addiction. c. stimulation to depression. d. hallucinogenic to analgesic.
In which one of the following stages do children show an untiring curiosity about their parents, friends, and surroundings?
a. latency stage b. early adulthood c. late adulthood d. locomotor-genital stage
Your coworker has an 8-year-old son and knows you have a background in child development. She asks you about media consumption at this age. What do you tell her?
a. If children only occasionally watch television, and focus on pro-social shows, television could even have positive effects. b. Exposure to violent media in middle childhood has not been substantially linked to later delinquency. c. Researchers have found negative effects of both educational and violent television programming on children. d. Children's programming has violence, but at least it has less violence than adult programming.