According to the article Boll ldface Letters about children's attributions for their own behavior, children who will not try new things because they expect to fail are showing signs of:
(a) abusive punishment at home
(b) low intellectual ability
(c) shyness, which probably has a genetic component
(d) learned helplessness
D
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Unlike adults, children with specific phobias ____
a. avoid the feared stimuli b. do not recognize that their fears are extreme and unreasonable c. experience physiological arousal when presented with the feared stimuli d. are more easily treated
Lana thinks she failed to get a promotion at work because her boss dislikes her. If this assumption is a result of her diagnosed depression, then according to cognitive explanations of MDD, the healthiest replacement attribution would be?
A. I may have missed this promotion, but at least I got the last one! B. Maybe I missed out because I haven't been getting to work on time lately. C. Next time an opportunity comes up, I'll brush up on my relevant skills. D. My bosses often dislike me, so that's not actually my fault.
Historically, pica has been related to each of the following EXCEPT this:
a. depression b. pregnancy c. developmental disorders d. obsessive-compulsive disorder
The degree to which research data may be biased as a result of the differences in the people who volunteer to participate in a study, as opposed to those who do not, is called:
A) the bystander effect. B) self-selection. C) demographic bias. D) ethnocentrism.