As discussed in the text, one of the gymnasts who competed in the 1976 Olympics broke his leg midway through the competition but actually hid his injury from his teammates (because he did not want them to be distracted or concerned during the competition) and continued to compete (and help his team win the medal). This story is used to illustrate the notion of ____
a. intrinsic rewards
b. an interdependent self-construal
c. social comparison
d. the looking-glass self
B
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What did psychologist Carol Dweck identify as a crucial ingredient of intellectual growth of children and young adults?
a. mindsets b. reasoning abilities c. cultural awareness d. personality
Delusions can be described as __________. For example, Sally is convinced that she is the reincarnation of a famous historical figure
a. false beliefs c. hallucinations b. disconnected ideas d. paranoid
Research on attribution theory suggests that:
a. actors tend to make dispositional attributions for their own behavior b. actors tend to attribute their own behavior to situational factors c. observers tend to attribute the behavior of an actor to situational factors d. observers tend to focus on internal rather than external factors
Individuals who have had their corpus callosum cut are said to have a
a. split brain b. disintegrating personality c. cranial refraction d. migraine headache