Ruth recently lost $5,000 when the stock market took a downturn. As she discusses the bad news with her family, she says, "It's all my fault. I've never been good at investing. I've ruined our family's whole future with my bad investments.". In this case, Ruth has made:
a. an external, stable, global attribution for her financial setback
b. an internal, stable, global attribution for her financial setback
c. an internal, unstable, specific attribution for her financial setback
d. an internal, stable, specific attribution for her financial setback
B
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b. Slow development of the hippocampus impairs formation of episodic memories. c. Young children do not form episodic memories because of their lack of language. d. Young children do not form episodic memories because of short attention span.
An infant that is born weighing less than 5.5 pounds and before 37 weeks is considered:
a. at risk b. very small c. post-mature d. preterm
The __________ receives input from neurons, whereas the __________ sends information from other dendrites
a. dendrite; axon b. dendrite; cell body c. axon; cell body d. axon; dendrite
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(a) young people became more biased against old people (b) young and old people both rated older people as less competent (c) older people scored lower on cognitive tests that followed (d) younger people were more likely to help older people on a subsequent task