Assume that we generated a prediction just by adding together the number of stressful events you report experiencing over the last month, the number of close friends you have, and your score on a measure assessing how much control you feel you have over events in your life (i.e., prediction = stress + friends + control). The regression coefficient for stressful events would be
a. 1.0
b. 4.0
c. 0.0
d. There is no way to know.
A
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When Martin Luther King, Jr., used passive resistance and violated laws that enforced segregation and discrimination, he demonstrated
a. postconventional reasoning. c. objective responsibility. b. preconventional reasoning. d. conventional reasoning.
Riley has figured out how to unlock his bedroom door with a paper clip. What has he most likely overcome in his new use of the paper clip?
a) functional fixedness b) the representational problem c) the representative heuristic d) the confirmation bias
Operant conditioning predicts that some of your attitudes exist because you have been rewarded for having them or have been punished for not having them. Can you identify any examples of this from your own life? Further, can you identify a time when your attitude has changed due to social consequences or pressure from others?
What will be an ideal response?
Why do nontraditional students have strengths that traditional students may not?
A. They have more social support than the traditional college student. B. They tend to show a readiness to learn and a problem-centered orientation toward learning. C. They are more likely to have financial stability. D. They are more driven, so they tend to graduate earlier than traditional students.