Mercedes has moved several times over the past decade, each time getting a nicer and bigger home as her combined income with her partner has increased. She continues to work in an industry that pays really well even though she would prefer a work setting where she could utilize her artistic talents. She rationalizes that once she gets a bigger home in a more exclusive neighborhood she will finally become “really happy.” This is an example of ______.
A. the wealth fallacy
B. the hedonic treadmill
C. the livability theory
D. downward social comparisons
Ans: B
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a. control c. exaggerated estimates b. probability bias d. lack of confidence bias
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A) harming someone by damaging their personal and social relations. B) getting back at an enemy by picking on their younger sibling. C) starting fights only when backed up by friends. D) being aggressive toward someone who has many relatives.
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a. show the ability to categorize b. have attained object permanence c. understand scaffolding d. use tertiary circular reactions
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a. Competing with others fosters desires to demean, defeat, and vanquish them. b. When we cooperate with others we tend to share their joys and suffer when they are in distress. c. Greater tolerance for others comes from emphasizing one's individual effort in accomplishing a task. d. Everyone knows what it feels like to be different with greater tolerance coming from remembering those times.