At lunch, a friend responds to something you said with a
sarcastic comeback. Whether you interpret your friend's remark as meanspirited and hurtful, or as an example of your friend's cutting brand of humor, will be important in explaining your next response. Julian Rotter called this interpretation
a. self-efficacy.
b. the psychological situation.
c. the expectancy.
d. the reinforcement value.
ANSWER: b
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McClelland's (1965) research revealed that those whose Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) results demonstrated a high need to achieve were likely to seek work opportunities that
a. guaranteed success. b. offered the possibility for greater levels of success. c. were nonentrepreneurial. d. were very high risk.
Monica has just signed up to take a semester long internship in physical therapy at her college. Monica will be able to learn about the actual tasks involved in this career while meeting others in her field. It is most likely that Monica is in the ____ phase of career development
a. ?specification b. ?implementation c. ?deceleration d. maintenance
Five-year-old Matthew and 6-year-old Jessica like to pretend that they live or work in a zoo. Often, Matthew will pretend to be an animal and Jessica will pretend to be the zookeeper. This is an example of __________ play
A) parallel B) associative C) sociodramatic D) functional
In an experiment, if one group is asked to pretend that they were exposed to one of the levels of the independent variable and behave as if they had been exposed to it when they had actually not been, this group would be called a
A) naïve experimental group. B) simulation control group. C) stooge group. D) know-nothing control group.