Ryan was fired last week, but he looked still confident as usual. As opposed to Ryan, Jason looked less confident due to the lay off. This illustrates a
a. person-situation interaction.
b. trait.
c. state.
d. personality.
a
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Eating disorders commonly emerge in
a. early childhood. b. middle childhood. c. adolescence and early adulthood. d. adulthood.
Recent research on adolescent egocentrism (e.g., Bell and Bromnick, 2003) suggests that teens are most worried about how they present themselves in public because of concerns regarding a(n) _____ audience
a. adult b. imaginary c. overly supportive d. real
Smith et al. (2012) gave people 8 to 17 years of age a test of executive functioning and the Iowa Gambling Task, in which people choose whether to prefer risky decks of cards with big payoffs, and big potential losses, or less risky decks with lower payoffs and lower losses. They found that executive functioning scores improved steadily from 8 to 17 years of age and
a. children generally chose the riskier decks, whereas adolescents chose the less risky decks. b. the tendency to choose risky decks first increased in early adolescence, and then decreased in middle to late adolescence. c. the tendency to choose risky desks first decreased in early to middle adolescence, and then increased in late adolescence. d. there was a steady improvement with age in the tendency to choose less risky decks and reject riskier decks.
Jake's father is taking him to the barber for his first real haircut. At first, Jake is excitedabout his first trip to the barber, but as soon as the barber makes the first cut in his hair, he becomes very upset and tells his father to make the barber
stop. In spite of his father's efforts to assure Jake that his hair will grow back, Jake is exhibiting the concept of illogic. centration. egocentrism. irreversibility.