Suppose that you are the supervisor of an employee who performs well across a variety of tasks. In other words, the employee’s success on a particular task is not unusual. Furthermore, you notice that he or she is the only employee who performs this task well. Finally, you observe that the employee performs this task well at different times. Given these observations, based on Kelly’s (1973) covariation model, you are most likely to attribute the employee’s successful performance to
a. internal factors, such as ability and effort
b. external factors, such as the ease of the task
c. the quality of your supervision
d. the quality of the employee’s coworkers
Ans: A
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a. Older siblings become a source of comfort and care for the younger sibling when they are upset or distressed. b. Older siblings serve as teachers for young siblings, teaching them how to play games or to cook simple foods. c. Older children who do well in school and with peers serve as a model to young siblings, who often follow suit. d. Older children are essential in facilitating communication between the younger sibling and the parents.
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a. experimental study b. case study c. correlational study d. experiential study
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a. mastery b. learning c. performance d. integration
From the perspective of self-awareness theory, alcohol abuse, binge eating, and suicide are alike in that they
a. enable people who feel guilty to punish themselves. b. are more likely to be done by people with interdependent self-concepts. c. are coping mechanisms used by people with low self-esteem. d. provide temporary or permanent relief from unpleasant self-awareness.