Raza performed very poorly on an essay test in her Social Psychology class. Later, Raza learned that the professor had been particularly harsh in his grading that day because he had just received some upsetting news
Raza's sense of well-being is likely to ________.
A) be slightly damaged by the negative news, but Raza should recover fairly quickly
B) be protected from the news of the poor grade because she can make an external attribution as to the cause
C) be significantly improved because she can make an internal and stable attribution as to the cause of her poor grade
D) be greatly improved, but only if she can get the professor to reconsider her grade – a grade which she feels is undeserved
E) be seriously damaged by the negative news
Answer: B
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a. have not received much research attention b. have generated hypotheses that have received strong empirical verification c. have generated hypotheses that have received little empirical verification d. have had little heuristic value
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A. Callista's, who studies long hours to get good grades B. Barry's, who buys an expensive watch he cannot resist C. Brooke's, who munches on snacks in between meals D. Artie's, who goes for bungee jumping every weekend
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a. displacement b. rationalization c. repression d. fixation
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a) symbolic functioning
b) concrete operations
c) preoperational functioning
d) centration