When he attends a rush event at the local fraternity, Carmine feels that the brothers do not like him very much. He does not think that he should come back to this fraternity and feels sure that he will not be asked to join. According to ____ theory, Carmine's self-esteem will drop after the party because he will feel that his behaviors at the event were not acceptable to others
a. external reference
b. social comparison
c. terror management
d. sociometer
d
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a. the modulation of eating behavior. b. the regulation of sleep. c. the body's response to stress. d. the modulation of pain.
Each member of a pair of genes is referred to as a(n)
a. homozygous trait. b. heterozygous trait. c. autosome. d. allele.
Componential analyses reveal that __________ is/are moderately related to general intelligence and to gains in mental test performance over time
A) slow ERPs B) processing speed C) self-efficacy D) cognitive self-regulation
"Sexual scripts" refer to
a. a stage director's instructions for actors in a love scene. b. a set of rules governing notions of "appropriate" sexual behavior that people acquire in learning gender roles. c. a set of unchanging rules that govern men's and women's sexual behavior. d. rules that govern the sexual behavior of straight people but not of gay men or lesbians.