When her roommate asked Connie why she wasn't studying for a big test scheduled for the next day, Connie replied, "It doesn't make any difference whether I study or not. I just know I'll make a low grade because I have such bad luck." It is likely that Connie has a(n):
A) positive sense of personal constructs.
B) negative sense of personal constructs.
C) internal locus of control.
D) external locus of control.
D) external locus of control.
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During the debriefing session of an experiment, the participants are
A. not told why the procedures used were necessary. B. exposed to strong straightforward manipulations. C. encouraged to discuss the study with others. D. asked about their thoughts during the experiment.
A young child tells his grandmother that "he goed to town." The child's application of the normal past tense to the irregular verb "to go" illustrates that the child is attempting to use
a. transformation rules. b. the semantic differential. c. disjunctive concepts. d. a morpheme shift.
Which type of goal will be most effective in motivating a salesperson?
a. Do your best to raise your sales. b. Try to raise your sales a little at a time. c. Try to raise your sales by a lot. d. Try to raise your sales by 25 percent.
With every step, the Internal Family Systems therapist
a) asks permission to help. b) tells the client what he will be doing next. c) maintains leadership. d) both a and b