The value of the virtue of competence (or self-efficacy) has been shown by research findings that indicate . . .

a. Competent adults have more intimate friends than incompetent adults
b. Elderly adults who score high on self-efficacy are less bothered by daily hassles
c. Both of the above
d. Neither of the above


b. Elderly adults who score high on self-efficacy are less bothered by daily hassles

Psychology

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Hersey and Blanchard’s situational leadership theory argues that

  a.  leaders can be both task oriented and relationship oriented.   b.  leaders must maintain their leadership style once it is chosen for a certain group.   c.  the group should be manipulated to ensure leadership effectiveness.   d.  the trait approach should be applied to improve leadership.

Psychology

According to your textbook, which of the following is true about animals teaching other members of their species?

A) Researchers have observed members of several different species transmitting new behaviors to others through imitation. B) Humans are the only species known to transmit information through demonstration and imitation. C) Several animals can imitate behaviors demonstrated by humans, but they cannot learn new behaviors from members of their own species. D) Only primates are capable of imitation; hence the phrase "monkey see, monkey do."

Psychology

Historicism refers to the belief that:?

a. ?the present state of a discipline should act as a guide in writing that discipline's history b. the present state of a discipline represents its highest and best state of development? c. ?only the past is important d. ?the past should be studied for its own sake without attempting to show the relationship between past and present

Psychology

According to Freud, personality develops through a series of psychosexual stages. The last stage is called the

a. latency stage. b. anal stage. c. genital stage. d. phallic stage. e. oral stage.

Psychology