If the correlations between one's self-concept and academic performance were positive, we could say that
a. academic performance and self-concept are largely unrelated.
b. academic performance is an important cause of one's self-concept.
c. self-concept is an important cause of academic performance.
d. self-concept and academic performance are related, but no causal relationship has been established.
D
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The component of Type A personality associated with coronary heart disease appears to be
a. indecisiveness. b. hostility. c. time urgency. d. ambitiousness.
Rico attends technical college where he is using technology to study for the GED. His computer guides Rico through an inventory of increasingly more challenging questions. If he answers correctly, the questions increase in challenge; if he answers incorrectly, the questions decrease in difficulty. Rico is using which application of operant conditioning?
a. the Skinner box b. behavior modification c. token economy d. biofeedback e. programmed instruction
Experiments in which a defined part of an animal's brain is removed and the animal's behavior is observed subsequent to recovery would be termed ______ experiments.
A. electrophysiology B. microdialysis C. cannula D. ablation
Alfie has a vivid memory of where he was when he learned the singer Michael Jackson had died. He is surprised to learn that his friend Miguel has no memory of this event. Which of the following likely explains the difference in the two friends' memory of the event?
A. The news was much more emotional for Alfie than Miguel. B. The news was much more emotional for Miguel than Alfie. C. Miguel was experiencing a high level of stress when he learned of the news. D. Alfie was primed to remember the information, whereas Miguel was not.