When Tara was age 6 and in first grade, she described her playmates at school as either good or bad. But now at age 8 and in third grade, she is _______________ in her use of adjectives to describe her peers
a. less precise
b. more negative
c. more precise
d. more positive
Answer: c. more precise
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a. Ekoka, who is at the end of his college career b. Farrell, who is in the middle of his college career c. DaVon, who is beginning his college career d. Zell, who is a returning adult student
Hearing begins when sound waves bump against the _______
a. earlobe b. eardrum c. oval window d. round window
In Carl Rogers's theory, our perception of our abilities, behaviors, and characteristics—our assessment of our entire "self"—is known as ________
a) personality b) self-regard c) self-esteem d) self-image
The study of addiction is important because:
a. Alcoholism is the root of drug abuse, and decreasing alcoholism will decrease all drug abuse b. Each abused drug operates via different neurotransmitters, therefore we know there cannot be a common biomechanism and we need to look for psychological mechanisms c. The evidence illustrates the interplay between genetics and environmental influences d. We now know that dopamine is the neurotransmitter that we should focus treatments on