As schoolchildren begin to use social comparison rather than simply comparing their own past and present performance abilities, their self-esteem tends to suffer
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
True
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According to your textbook, the phrase "doing gender" means
a. expressing our own gender, as well as responding to other people on the basis of their gender. b. conscientiously using the words sex and gender in an appropriate fashion. c. doing research that emphasizes gender similarities rather than gender differences. d. trying to be gender-fair in situations that would normally encourage gender-based discrimination.
Which of the following is a self-report inventory?
a. The MMPI-2 c. The draw-a-person test b. The TAT d. The Rorschach
Older adolescents (between 17 and 19 years of age) _____________________
a. are more concerned about peers’ opinions than are younger adolescents b. can coordinate conflicting statements about themselves into an overall self-concept c. think mainly about their ideal self rather than their actual self d. show a drop in self-esteem as they contemplate life after high school
The group of psychologists who focused on the whole of consciousness rather than its component parts were the
A. structuralists. B. Gestalt psychologists. C. behaviorists. D. functionalists.