Research by David Dunning suggests that one problem concerning self-assessment is that people tend to
a. pay too little attention to past successes in evaluating future prospects.
b. overestimate their own skills, prospects for success, and opinion accuracy.
c. underestimate their own skills, prospects for success, and opinion accuracy.
d. dwell too much on past failures in assessing present competencies.
b
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A police officer who has to arrest his nephew for drug possession or a teacher who must flunk a close friend's daughter will most likely experience
a. role conflict. b. role reversal. c. role exchange. d. role diffusion.
E. C. Tolman's work on latent learning demonstrated that
a. rats can learn a maze in the absence of reinforcement. b. rats cannot learn a maze in the absence of reinforcement. c. dogs can be conditioned when tones and shocks are presented at random intervals. d. dogs come to expect shock in the presence of the tone.
Which of the following sentences are you most likely remember?
A. The high school student impatiently waited for the bell to ring. B. Rashad went to the grocery store to buy an eagle. C. Three photographers took pictures at the concert. D. Keith sat on the warm white sand and felt the cool breeze.
The qualities of a group that tie members together and promote liking between members are known as
a. attractants. b. attachment. c. group cohesiveness. d. social norms.