After her college's football team wins the national championship, Liz starts yelling out "We won, we won" at the party she is attending. Her friends all join in, and soon they start changing "We're number one! We're number one!" The enthusiastic fans seemingly fail to realize that they did not actually accomplish anything except watching others win a game. This increase in self-esteem that occurs
by associating with others who succeed is called
a. downward social comparison.
b. self-handicapping.
c. sandbagging.
d. basking in reflected glory.
d
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a. be more effective b. be less effective c. develop a stronger group bond d. develop a weaker group bond
When using meta-analysis to evaluate psychotherapy's effectiveness, the most improvement occurs in:
A. 1 to 12 sessions B. 13 to 18 sessions C. 19 to 24 sessions D. 25 to 30 sessions
Parents who believe that the best way to raise and educate children is to give them as much freedom as possible are
a. authoritative. c. permissive. b. authoritarian. d. uninvolved.
_______ are flat, sheetlike extensions that arise from growth cones.
A. Microtubules B. Filopodia C. Lamellipodia D. Cell adhesion molecules