A professor notices that a Japanese student in her class is particularly self-critical and constantly striving for improvement. Even when the professor provides positive feedback, the student focuses on ways he could improve his work. A social psychologist may connect this self-criticism and drive for self-improvement to which of the following components?
A. culture
B. stereotypes
C. self-esteem
D. group dynamics
Answer: A
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A) physical. B) self-knowledge. C) logical-methodical. D) practical.
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a. front part of the brain; tasting b. rear of the brain; seeing c. right side of the brain; hearing d. left side of the brain; speaking e. right side of the brain; speaking
In the past, psychologists viewed emotions as ______
a. base instincts c. learned responses b. safeguards for our survival d. the result of immature cognitive control
The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) demonstrates good validity when used _________ to distinguish
between depressed and non-depressed people. a. exclusively with European Americans in the US b. with ethnic minority groups in the US c. European American and African American but not with other minorities in the US d. with fully bicultural ethnic minorities in the US