Comparing one’s own abilities against those of obviously less competent peers serves to protect one’s self-esteem and is known as__________
a) comparative self-esteem
b) downward social comparison
c) reflexive comparison
d) associative esteem
Answer: b
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Using a male stereotype as the standard of comparison for behavior of females is
a. egocentrism. c. androcentrism. b. ethnocentrism. d. androgynous.
Observational learning is a cornerstone concept of
a. Freud's psychoanalysis. b. Skinner's operant conditioning. c. Pavlov's classical conditioning. d. Bandura's social-learning theory.
The traditional approach to intelligence, the ________ approach, focuses on how well people perform on standardized aptitude tests
a. triarchic b. psychometric c. factor analysis d. cognitive
In a classic series of studies, Albert Bandura had nursery school children view a live or televised model behaving aggressively toward a Bobo doll. The results showed that
a. children who saw only a live model imitated the aggressive acts. b. children who saw only a televised model imitated the aggressive acts. c. children who saw either a live or a televised model behaved more aggressively than children who saw neither model. d. children behaved aggressively whether or not they saw a model.