According to the text, one key reason that people engage in self-defeating behaviors is because of ____
a. the "death drive"
b. a "fear of success"
c. they have faulty knowledge
d. self-enhancement motivation
C
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Which statement best describes the impact of various factors (i.e. biomedical, social) on intellectual disability?
a. Some factors affect intellect and other factors affect daily functioning b. These factors affect adults with intellectual disabilities differently than children with intellectual disabilities. c. Certain factors guarantee an intellectual disability and others just contribute to its severity. d. No individual factor guarantees an intellectual disability.
Which of the following demonstrates a major difference between the United States and the rest of the world in birthing practices?
A. In most of the world, hospital deliveries are the norm, while in the U.S. approximately 10 percent of babies are born in birthing centers. B. In the U.S. only 1 percent of births take place at home, while home births are much more common worldwide. C. The U.S. has more babies delivered by midwives than any other country. D. More cesarean sections are performed in the U.S. than in any other country.
The text uses the term peer arena to describe which of the following?
a. the small group of "best friends" that each teenager relies on for advice and support b. the large group of many different kinds of people each teenager interacts with c. the "imaginary audience" that teenagers imagine they are being compared to d. the group of opposite-sex peers that the teenager would like to date
Researchers can conduct observations in the everyday world or in the
A. theoretical world. B. laboratory. C. virtual world. D. None of these choices are correct.