Communication scholar Dale Brashers refined uncertainty reduction theory with his uncertainty management theory by studying
a. how people respond to romantic break-ups
b. how people begin new relationships
c. how people respond to health decisions
d. how people seek new career paths e. how people recover from trauma
Answer: c. how people respond to health decisions
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In an effort to use fear to persuade people to live a healthier lifestyle, the government of Canada went so far as to mandate that_____
A) cigarette packs display graphic pictures of diseased gums and body parts B) all bottles of alcohol have pictures of children with fetal alcohol syndrome C) every ten kilometers, a roadside billboard shows graphic pictures of car accident victims who did not wear seatbelts D) junk food packages show photos of obese people in the hospital
Which of the following is one of the eight basic emotions identified by Robert Plutchik?
a. anxiety b. jealousy c. anticipation d. guilt
Some critics suggest that teachers who provide too much praise create children:
a. with negative self-images b. who are critical of others and lack empathy c. who have no sense of boundaries d. who do not have a realistic sense of their own strengths and weaknesses
The zone of proximal development
A) includes core domains of thought, such as physical knowledge, linguistic knowledge, psychological knowledge, and numerical knowledge. B) refers to a range of tasks too difficult for the child to do alone but possible with the help of more skilled partners. C) is a Piagetian concept that provides that infants stumble onto a new experience and then actively try to repeat it. D) helps identify for intervention babies who are likely to have developmental problems.