Ellen, an undergraduate, attends an end-of-semester party. The party is full of graduate and postdoctoral students discussing research they are doing and theories they are studying
In order to make a good impression in conversation, Ellen brings up awards she has won in the past, her high grade point average, and which Ivy League schools she wants to apply to for graduate school. Ellen is engaging in ________. a) self-deprecation
b) self-promotion
c) self-verification
d) self-conceptualization
b
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Researchers asked children to compare their personality traits to those of puppets. They found that children's judgments about their own personalities __________.
A. agreed well with their parents' ratings B. were inconsistent, indicating they had no clear idea of their own personalities C. were completely at odds with their parents' ratings D. were always more positive than those of the puppets
A person's perceptions and self-judgments of his or her health and well-being that includes feelings of happiness and life satisfaction is referred to as _____
a) life expectancy b) subjective well-being c) relative deprivation d) self-efficacy
Expression of an emotion that the person does not really feel is called ________
a. facial feedback. b. secondary emotion. c. emotion work. d. body language.
Which sexually transmitted disease is most likely capable of causing death if it is not treated?
a) chlamydia b) genital herpes c) gonorrhea d) syphilis