You are trying to decide if you should go to a friend's party. As you consider this, you remember that in the past, you have had fun at her parties. What did Julian Rotter call these considerations?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: These considerations are called expectancies, what someone expects to happen based on past experiences that were rewarding.
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When are conflicts between parents and their children the highest?
a. during late adolescence c. during middle adolescence b. during early adolescence d. during young adulthood
Drive theories of aggression suggest that ________
A) a fighting instinct in human males underlies most forms of aggression B) males aggress against other males in order to obtain access to females C) our death wish is redirected outwards towards others, causing aggression D) the motive to harm or injure others is an innate human drive that cannot be easily controlled or eliminated E) external conditions arouse the motive to harm or injure others
As part of a routine interview of a patient in a psychiatric hospital, a psychologist asked, "What did you have for dinner?" The patient described a dinner of Beef Wellington and all the trimmings
After determining that Beef Wellington had not been served, the psychologist checked the patient's records and found he had been admitted for severe alcohol problems. With that information, the psychologist concluded the answer was most likely an example of a) repression. b) confabulation. b) delusional thinking. d) dissociative amnesia.
About what percentage of those diagnosed with mental retardation fall into the category of mild intellectual developmental disorder?
A) less than 10 percent B) 25 percent C) 55 percent D) 80 to 85 percent