Oscar found a pack of cigarettes and was smoking them behind the school. His only crime is that he's 17 and not old enough to be in possession of tobacco. This is an example of _____
a. Vindictiveness
b. A status offense
c. Avolition
d. A paradoxical effect
Answer: b.
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Marilyn is the director of human resources for a small financial services company. The CEO of the company, Phil, asks her to interview three candidates for an open position in the billing department. Phil is particularly excited about candidate A, and tells Marilyn this. Research suggests that when interviewing candidate A, Marilyn will
a. be somewhat more outgoing and cheerful than when she interviews the other candidates. b. scrutinize every response more carefully in the effort to disconfirm Phil's expectations. c. engage in self-promotion. d. hold off on making any judgments about the candidate until she completes the other two interviews as well.
Based on early research by Norman Triplett with racing cyclists, we should expect that people who exercise for half an hour on rowing machines at a gym, among other people, would be more likely to ____ than people who exercise for half an hour on a rowing machine in the privacy of their home
a. burn more calories b. burn less calories c. feel a sense of accomplishment d. feel a sense of failure
The addition of an ought self-concept is the essential contribution of _______.
a. self-discrepancy theory b. self-verification theory c. self-efficacy theory d. self-ought theory
The increase in brain weight during infancy is due to:
a. increases in the number of glial cells b. the formation of new neurons c. the appearance of the brainstem d. increases in the number of lipids