As described in your text, people who engage in ________ withdraw effort or create obstacles to successes in order to maintain public and private self-images of competence
A) self-handicapping
B) self-sabotage
C) reflexive undermining
D) ego-defeating behavior
Answer: A
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A) mild or moderate B) severe or profound C) only moderate D) only profound
Demand characteristics are:
a. cues which give participants an idea about the hypothesis under investigation b. one type of subject effect c. sometimes caused by differential behaviour of the experimenter toward different groups in the study d. decreased when the subject is given a false explanation of the aim of the experiment e. both a and b
Realizing that ability is the most important job qualification, organized labor has usually been
supportive of the use of job selection tests of ability. Indicate whether the statement is true or false