You find your current work very boring and meaningless, but you work hard at it, in part, because you provide yourself with little rewards. If you get a job done you will buy yourself a pastry that you particularly like. You are currently involved in ______________ regulation

a. external
b. introjected
c. intrinsic
d. integrated


Answer: b: introjected

Psychology

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Fill in the blank with correct word

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A possible threat to validity in which a participant does not show up for a study at a scheduled time or fails to complete the study is called ______.

A. history effect B. attrition C. instrumentation D. regression toward the mean

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The "Adult Attachment Interview" developed by Mary Main is designed to

A. screen potential adoptive parents for their capacity to form attachments with children. B. determine the strength of a parent's attachment to a child. C. elicit memories of childhood attachment. D. determine how attached parents are to one another.

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Skyler is a sophomore in high school. Recently, she has been eating large quantities of food and then intentionally vomiting to rid herself of the food. Skyler suffers from __________

a) bulimia b) anorexia nervosa c) binge eating disorder d) obesity

Psychology