Parents may contribute to a fixed mindset by telling children they are good at schoolwork, and teachers may do so by ________________
a. emphasizing scores and grades
b. focusing on the learning process
c. going easy on their grading in class
d. offering students extra help
Answer: A
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a. depersonalization. b. selective amnesia. c. dissociative fugue. d. dissociative identity disorder.
The discussion of women and smoking in Chapter 11 pointed out that
a. women who are married to men who smoke increase their own risk of lung cancer significantly. b. in North America, women are much less likely than men to be smokers. c. tobacco companies have not yet figured out how to target young women in their advertisements. d. smoking increases the risk of lung cancer more for men than for women.
Suppose the reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin was deficient and the deactivation enzymes associated with serotonin were also deficient. What effect would this have?
A. There would be more serotonin in the synapse. B. There would be less serotonin in the synapse. C. Since the two deficiencies would balance each other out, there would be no change in the levels of serotonin. D. The neurons would become especially sensitive to the serotonin.
People who want to hold correct attitudes will often engage in central route processing. Doing so means that they
a. will always end up with a valid attitude. b. will avoid biased information processing. c. may fall prey to overcorrection. d. will become more liberal in their thinking.