According to Bandura, the expectancy that one's efforts will be successful is called ______
a. self-efficacy c. reciprocal determinism
b. self-esteem d. locus of control
a
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In the context of fidelity of a mate, men appear to become jealous with _____ and women appear to become jealous when they experience _____
a) romantic infidelity; opportunistic infidelity b) sexual infidelity; emotional infidelity c) emotional infidelity; sexual infidelity d) remembrance infidelity; obligatory infidelity
The in-depth section in Chapter 10 examines the relationship between age of acquisition and ability to learn a second language. Before we can draw conclusions about this topic, which of the following questions needs further attention?
a. Do the same findings hold true when the second language is something other than English? b. Are children and adults equally skilled in learning vocabulary words in their new language? c. Do the results on grammar hold true when a younger group and an older group have similar formal training in the English language? d. Does age of acquisition have a significant effect on phonology in a second language?
Boys who mature early experience negative outcomes, whereas girls do not.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Nina learned to use sign language when she had a hearing-impaired roommate. Now her roommate has moved out, and Nina no longer practices signing. Based on the results from Ebbinghaus' studies, which investigated the typical pattern of forgetting, if Nina's memory for signs is tested several times over the next few years, you should predict that:
a. very few signs will be forgotten early, but later on there will be a rapid decline in the number of signs she is able to use correctly b. there will be a constant steady decline in the number of signs she is able to use correctly c. most signs will be forgotten early, and there will continue to be a slow decline in the number of signs she is able to use correctly d. most signs will be forgotten early, but later there will be a slow steady increase in the number of signs she is able to use correctly