Although the most immediate goal of a bully is to achieve dominance over another child, the long-term goal of most bullies seems to be to _____
a. increase their own social status among peers
b. work their way toward more prosocial strategies of influencing others
c. get even with their parents for punishing them
d. overcome their own shyness and anxiety
Answer: A
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a. chunking. b. convergent thinking. c. metamemory. d. phonetic method.
The number of years an average newborn of a given species lives is the
maximum life span. average life expectancy. species life expectancy. minimum life span.
Jane is an angry, hostile woman. At work and in her personal life, she is described as energetic go-getter because she is a workaholic and does a great deal and does a great deal of volunteer work for abused children and women
Jane's behavior may be an example of which defense mechanism? a. sublimation b. displacement c. reaction formation d. projection
Researchers have found that among schoolchildren, as the amount of time they spend
watching television increases, their grades decrease. This is an example of a(n) ______. a. positive correlation c. additive correlation b. negative correlation d. statistical anomaly