Your mental representation or overall sense of 'you' is known as your _____________.

a. self-schema
b. self-esteem
c. self-concept
d. social schema


Ans: c. self-concept

Psychology

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Rifé (1984) argued that stress increases the desire to affiliate only when

a. being with others has the potential to reduce the negative impact of the situation. b. the stress is embarrassing in nature. c. in collectivist cultures. d. with people who are experiencing the same type of stressful situation, but not with people who havesuccessfully overcome the same stressful situation.

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"Sham rage" is produced by a. removing the cerebral cortices

b. lesioning the amygdala. c. frontal lobotomies. d. breeding aggressive strains of mice.

Psychology

Dr. Lundberg's research often involves the observation of children interacting with their

parents. During these observations, the number of times that the child smiles and frowns in response to parental instructions is counted. One problem encountered by Dr. Lundberg in this type of research is a. the difficulty in counterbalancing the order of stimulus presentation. b. ensuring that subjects are randomly assigned to groups. c. performing a statistical analysis of the results. d. the subjectivity that may be present in measuring the dependent variable. e. determining how to form a control group.

Psychology

According to your text, patients with medically unexplained symptoms make up _____% of all primary-care physicians' appointments

A) 5-10 B) 10-20 C) 15-30 D) 25-35

Psychology