Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The concepts of fixed and growth mind-sets apply to children, but not adults.
B. When children were praised for their intelligence, it was more difficult for them to adapt to later difficulties.
C. Children with a growth mind-set believe that their abilities are determined by their innate intelligence.
D. Those with a growth mind-set lost interest in solving difficult problems after they were informed that their answers were incorrect.
Ans: B
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a. Males, following their provider role, consistently help more than females. b. Females, following their caretaker role, consistently help more than males. c. Males help by using a problem-solving strategy; females help by using the "let's talk about it" strategy. d. Gender differences in altruism depend on many factors, such as danger and expertise.
A woman with chronic pain takes a course in relaxation therapy and reports that she has less pain. Can you be sure that the course really led to the pain relief?
a. Yes b. No, there are too many potentially confounding variables. c. No, you can never trust what patients tell you. d. Only if we are careful to use the same pain scale before and after treatment.
Your friend has experienced excessive daytime sleepiness. He is laughing with you and suddenly falls to the ground. Your friend probably suffers from
a) narcolepsy. b) parasomnia. c) REM rebound. d) sleep apnea.
Although Piaget proposed that cognitive development reaches full maturity at formal operations, many contemporary researchers believe that cognitive maturity extends into ____
preformal thinking || postformal thinking || metacognitive thinking || analytic thinking || || ||