Reece is talking with her friends about what they are likely to experience in their first year of college. Although her health and academic abilities are normal, Reece thinks that she is more likely to get good grades and less likely to get the flu than the average college student. This is an example of ____
a. ?social referencing
b. ?unrealistic optimism
c. ?the actor-observer effect
d. ?a self-serving bias
ANSWER:
b
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A. antisocial B. borderline C. dependent D. avoidant
If you cannot decide whether to submit to back surgery, which you dread, to alleviate your back pain or to continue to live with the pain, which you sometimes find unbearable, you are caught in
a. an approach-avoidance conflict. b. an approach-approach conflict. c. a double approach-avoidance conflict. d. an avoidance-avoidance conflict.
A toddler's vocabulary grows rapidly between 18 and 24 months, as children engage in ____________________, or mapping a word onto an underlying concept after only one exposure
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Which is true regarding ADHD and culture?
a. ADHD has been found to occur more in higher SES groups than lower ones b. ADHD has been identified in only one or two countries around the world in which it has been studied c. Differences in the prevalence of ADHD across cultures may reflect cultural norms d. ADHD presents the same in each country