Research on the locus of control construct indicates generally that:
a. internals show a greater willingness to persist at tasks than externals
b. externals show a greater willingness to persist at tasks than internals
c. externals experience more pride in their achievements than internals
d. neither internals nor externals show much pride in their successes
a
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a. retrieval b. storage c. access d. processing e. encoding
We are motivated to pay more attention to a message from a supervisor because they have ______.
A. credibility B. attractiveness C. social power D. interest
Emma wants to know if long-distance relationships in college have a greater likelihood of ending than relationships that are not long-distance. She creates a questionnaire and recruits 100 students from her school to complete the questionnaire so she can
a. asking an empirical question. b. using her personal opinion. c. using common sense. d. relying on philosophy.
The study by Freedman and Fraser (1966), in which housewives were called on the phone and asked for permission to have a consumer group come to their home and classify all their household products, is an example of
A) a laboratory experiment. B) a field experiment. C) systematic observation in naturally occurring settings. D) participant observation.