Children with high self-esteem are more likely to be securely attached and have parents who are attentive to their needs.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
Rationale: Correct. Children with high self-esteem are more likely to be securely attached and have parents who are attentive to their needs. They also are more likely to show prosocial behavior (Grusec & Davidov, 2015). See 10-3: Personality and Emotional DevelopmentPersonality and Emotional Development
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According to self-discrepancy theory, experiencing negative emotions such as anxiety or depression, is often caused by the
a. content of the actual, ought, and ideal selves. b. stability of the actual, ought, and ideal selves. c. degree of incongruity among the actual, ought, and ideal selves. d. degree of incongruity between individuals' actual and ideal selves and the perception of important others'views of their actual and ideal selves.
Which of the following people is experiencing stress because of frustration?
a. Andor wants to attend Harvard, but does not have the grades or money to achieve his goal. He attends the local community college instead, but is angry about it. b. Nanette gets married, has a baby, and buys a new house all within the same year. c. Marcus experiences PTSD after serving in the military in Iraq for a year. d. Katie wants to ask her colleague Mark for a date, but she fears that he will turn her down and tell their co- workers. e. Aubrey has a tendency to be hostile. When his boss criticizes Aubrey's work, Aubrey punctures his boss'stires.
According to the social cognition approach to stereotypes, we form stereotypes primarily
a. because of our normal cognitive processes. b. because we dislike certain categories of people. c. because we feel guilty, and we want to blame other categories of people for some problems. d. because of factors that evolutionary psychology can explain.
Hasana applied for a job at Acme Computing. As part of the application process, she had to take the Computer Operator Aptitude Test (COAT). She attained a very low score on the test and was not hired for the job. She was surprised by the results because she currently has a job as a computer operator, and she always has over 98% accuracy in her on-the-job performance assessments. Based on this
information, it appears that the COAT: a. does not provide a reliable measure of computer operator skills b. does not provide a valid measure of computer operator skills c. has good predictive validity, but poor content validity d. has been poorly standardized