Felicia, a pole vaulter, asks her coach how athletes become great at their chosen sport. Her coach advises her to act like elite athletes, who improve partly because of how they assign blame for failures. Specifically, elite athletes refuse to blame which of the following types of variables?
A. Dispositional
B. Individual
C. Psychological
D. Situational
Answer: D
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The text cites numerous theories about the underlying issues in mathematical learning disabilities. Which of the following reflects a theory suggested by scientists? a. There is no common language available to discuss mathematical computations. b. A limited spoken vocabulary leads to difficulties retrieving arithmetic facts
c. Children are given more encouragement to learn to read than to learn math skills. d. A poorly developed number sense provides less precise estimates of quantities.
Maria Elena conducted a study of depressive symptoms and self-esteem. She found that people who were low in self-esteem were more likely to suffer from depression. She would like to argue that low self-esteem contributes to depression. What prevents her from being able to make a strong claim of this sort?
A) the person confound problem B) the multi-causality problem C) the concurrent measurement problem D) all of these prevent her from making a strong claim
Moishe can remember only the first two items and the last two items on the grocery list that his wife just read to him over the phone. The other five items in between are gone. This is an example of the __________
a) serial position effect. b) encoding specificity effect. c) TOT effect. d) reintegrative effect.
Which coefficient represents the strongest degree of relationship, or association?
(a) .00 (b) .44 (c) .88 (d) .30 (e) 2.20