David was valedictorian of his high school graduating class and also near the top of his class in college, but never lived up to his potential after that. He often alienated people, leading to three failed marriages and trouble holding a job for any
length of time. It is likely that David had a low level of __________.
a) motivation
b) emotional intelligence
c) patience
d) luck
Answer: b
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Which of the following statements is true?
a. Talking over conflicts is the best remedy for tension in groups. b. In some cases, groups are more effective if they ignore conflicts and concentrate instead on the work to be done. c. It is important to spend time resolving personal conflicts, but not so important to deal with process (procedural) conflict. d. The best groups are ones that allow conflicts to occur, and then work through the conflicts. e. The best remedy for conflict is to deal with each group members’ conflicts, rather than to spend time developing overarching, pluralistic approaches to conflict.
A clinical psychologist conducting a personality assessment instructs an examinee to "make up a story about each of these pictures." The test being administered is probably the
a. Rorschach. b. NEO-PI-R. c. Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank. d. TAT.
Amsel proposed that the partial frustration responses and their associated stimulus feedback become _____ to the responses the organism is making
a. extinguished b. motivationally exhausted c. counterconditioned d. blind
In a myelinated axon, action potentials are produced
A. only at the axon hillock. B. only at the axon hillock and at the nodes of Ranvier. C. along the entire length of the axon membrane. D. only under segments of myelin.