Melinda’s psychology professor told the class to quickly write down five things that complete a sentence that starts with “I am.” Melinda wrote: “I am a sophomore at the University of Michigan, majoring in international relations. I am on the lacrosse team and I am a girlfriend in a long-term relationship with my high school boyfriend.” This is a description of her ____
a. ?self-schema
b. ?self-awareness
c. ?self
d. ?self-concept
ANSWER:
d
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a. fear of getting fat b. refusing new foods c. being a difficult child d. maternal control
Research on the weapons effect shows that this effect occurs ____
a. via social learning b. through a nonconscious, automatic process c. for men but not women d. only for people who are already angry
The most revolutionary changes in DSM, including the first application of explicit diagnostic criteria for the mental disorders and a multi-axial system, appeared in
a. DSM-II. b. DSM-III. c. DSM-III-R. d. DSM-IV-TR.
Anita believes that she is worthless if she is not named "most likely to succeed" in her high-school yearbook like her mother expects of her. This most accurately reflects
a. conditions of worth. c. instant gratification. b. an oral fixation. d. the sociocultural perspective.