The professor tells her students that she gives out grades based on ranks. The 10% of the students with the best grades get As, the next 20% get Bs, and so on. She is using a(n) ___ goal structure.

  a.  autocratic
  b.  individualistic
  c.  democratic
  d.  competitive
  e.  cooperative


  d.  competitive

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a. people construct a hypothesis about what they expect to hear, and this concept guides speech perception. b. listeners integrate information from individual sentences in order to construct more complex ideas. c. sentences are joined together in memory, though the elements can be easily untangled. d. we construct the meaning of a sentence by analyzing the sentence's components.

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Jack's babysitter stuck her tongue out at him. Later that day when he was alone with his

mother, he stuck his tongue out at her. This imitation that happens later is called __________ . Fill in the blanks with correct word

Psychology

Manoj has sexual encounters with multiple partners. He contracts HIV and lives with it for almost 7 years during which he exhibits little to no signs of a terminal illness. He even gets a home test done and the result turns out to be HIV-negative. Which of the following is a safe conclusion that can be made from the characteristics exhibited by Manoj?

A. Manoj is as healthy as any other individual and can donate blood to others in need without any concerns. B. Manoj is healthy because his HIV test turned out to be negative and there is no cause to worry. C. Manoj's infection is highly contagious and can spread to others in spite of his apparent healthy disposition. D. Manoj's infection is spreading but is not contagious because his test results prove so.

Psychology

People who regularly use antianxiety drugs report that anxiety or insomnia returns in a more severe form once they discontinue the drugs. This phenomenon is called __________.

A. reactive anxiety B. central nervous system crossfire C. rebound anxiety D. nervous system overload

Psychology