Coleman thought he was really good at math. His parents always said so, and so did his kindergarten teacher. But now that he was in first grade, Coleman, using ________, noticed that other first-graders were moving further along the math achievement chart than he was
a. self-esteem
b. social comparison
c. fixed mindset
d. emotional display rules
Answer: b. social comparison
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A researcher reports a positive relationship between sugar consumption and activity level for a group of eight-year-old children. However, the researcher cannot be sure whether the extra sugar is causing the children to be more active or whether the extra activity is causing the children to eat more sugar. This is an example of the ____
a. third-variable problem b. directionality problem c. reversal problem d. criterion problem
A graphical representation of a frequency distribution in which vertical bars are centered above each category along the x-axis and are separated from each other by a space, is a _____
a. histogram b. bar graph c. pie graph d. frequency polygon
The Oedipus complex occurs during the _______ stage
a. anal b. phallic c. oral d. latency
Which biological factor may contribute to changes in memory during late adulthood?
A. increases in estrogen B. deterioration of the basal ganglia C. deterioration of the frontal lobes D. increases in hippocampal cells