According to terror management theory, _____ is a shield that buffers us against the anxiety that knowledge of our own mortality creates.
A) the mortality salience hypothesis
B) approach motivation
C) avoidance motivation
D) a cultural worldview
D) a cultural worldview
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Which statement would be the MOST consistent with social cognitive theory?
a. Children do not need to learn gender roles, because they are a part of our built-in genetic code. b. Children learn gender roles as a direct result of operant conditioning in their earliest years. c. Children learn gender roles as a direct result of classical conditioning in their earliest years. d. Children learn gender roles by watching others and learning the outcomes of different actions.
Which of the following statements is true about social anxiety?
A. Socially anxious people recognize the source of their anxiety. B. Social anxiety can result from anticipated social interactions. C. We can identify a relatively stable tendency for people to experience social anxiety. D. all of the above
A college student should expect to experience the greatest interference while studying which two subjects sequentially?
a. psychology and history b. analytical geometry and mechanical drawing c. geology and astronomy d. French and Spanish word pronunciations
Which individual is the most likely to describe herself as “shy,” “outgoing,” and “a smart airhead?”
A) 10-year-old Demarcus B) 13-year-old Evangelina C) 16-year-old Lashawn D) 19-year-old Cris