As a task becomes more difficult, the motivation for engaging in the task becomes more:
A) extrinsic.
B) intrinsic.
C) general.
D) specific.
D) specific.
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The difference between insomnia and sleep apnea is that
a. apnea affects primarily the elderly, whereas insomnia is characteristic of children. b. insomnia is treatable but apnea is not. c. insomnia is characterized by sleeplessness, whereas sleep apnea is characterized by breathing difficulties. d. apnea is a precursor to narcolepsy, whereas insomnia is not. e. insomnia occurs when a person cannot get to sleep, and sleep apnea occurs when people constantly wake up too early in the morning.
Which of the following statements about preventing childhood injury is true?
A) During the past several decades, parents have changed a great deal in how much they do to protect their children from injury. B) In the United States, 84 percent of infant seats and 40 percent of child booster seats are improperly used. C) In the United States, 12 percent of parents fail to place their children in car safety seats. D) Young children properly restrained in car safety seats have a 50 percent reduced risk of fatal injury.
Interest in examining gender from the sociological perspective was spurred by the early work of
A) Mead and Malinowski. B) Masters and Johnson. C) Alfred Kinsey. D) Richard von Krafft-Ebing.
More recent estimates of short-term memory capacity are 3 + 1 instead of the 7 + 2 suggested by Miller. The newer estimates are lower because they take into account _________________
a. technology c. motivation b. strategies d. cohort effects