Jacques has a big wrestling match coming up, but he fears that he will lose. The week before the match, he claims that he is "really busy with other studies," and does not practice at all. Even though he may not realize he is doing this, he is setting himself up so that he will have an "excuse" in case he loses the match. Jacques is apparently engaging in ________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
self-handicapping
self handicapping
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Acts of reciprocal altruism are most likely to occur if
a. witnesses are present. b. the anonymity of the altruist is assured. c. the risk to the altruist is low. d. the altruist ignores the likelihood of success. e. the benefit to the recipient is low.
Rather than turning to other coping strategies, such as talking about his problems or even taking a walk to burn off steam, John smokes pot to reduce stress, anxiety, or sadness. This pattern of substance use is referred to as _______________
a. medicinal substance use b. addictive substance use c. social substance use d. experimental substance use
In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, safety needs are ______.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The tip-of-the-pen phenomenon refers to:
a. when tip-of-the-tongue states occur in sign language. b. when Chinese writers know how to say a word, but do not know how to write the character. c. when Japanese speakers cannot say a word that emanates from a foreign language. d. when deaf individuals cannot remember the English word that means the same thing as a sign in American Sign Language.