Sometimes people are unaware that their behavior is blatantly incompatible with their idealized self
image. What is this called?
A) projection
B) blind spots
C) arbitrary rightness
D) compartmentalizing
Answer: B
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The rules that Donna, the autistic individual described in Module One, devised to control her unwanted behavior, best illustrate the ____ approach.
A. behavioral B. psychoanalytic C. cross-cultural D. humanistic
Research on stereotype threat has shown that female students performed
a. worse on a verbal test when they had to indicate their gender on a demographic questionnaire. b. better on a math test when they were threatened with punishment for doing poorly. c. worse on a math test when they were told beforehand that men tend to score higher. d. better on a verbal test when they took it in the presence of male students.
Suppose that Aletha is in her first trimester of pregnancy and she begins to experience some vaginal bleeding. Her doctor suspects an ectopic pregnancy, so most likely the doctor will do which of the following procedures?
a. amniocentesis b. chorionic villus sampling c. an ultrasound d. fetal monitoring
One explanation for why we feel happier after engaging in impression management in which we try to come across as positive and cheerful is due to ________
A) what is beautiful is good B) spending time focusing on another person C) fundamental attribution error D) facial feedback hypothesis E) self-serving bias