What is self-monitoring? Give an example of someone engaging in self-monitoring.

What will be an ideal response?


Self-monitoring is the tendency to adapt behavior to fit the demands of the situation. An example of self-monitoring would be socializing in a refined and dignified manner at a dinner party when actually wishing for beer and pretzels in front of a big-screen television.

Psychology

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In the last 50 years, human life expectancy has approximately doubled, but in the next 50 years ___ resulting from obesity may stop or even reverse this increase

a. diabetes b. high blood pressure c. heart disease from obesity d. all of the above

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A(n) _________ is a mental organization of information (i.e., a knowledge structure)

a. schema b. idiograph c. prime d. attribution

Psychology

A drawback to the completely within-subjects factorial design is that:

A. as the number of factors increases, so does the number of treatments that the subjects must go through, making the design cumbersome and complex for subjects. B. carryover effects cannot be dealt with. C. too many subjects are required as the design gets larger and larger. D. None of the answers is correct.

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