Donna receives her paper back from her instructor. It is marked with an A grade and has several positive comments. The instructor has also suggested Donna reword one small section. Donna becomes extremely upset and tells her friends that her instructor hated the paper and wants her to redo it. This is an example of __________.
A. selective abstraction
B. dichotomous thinking
C. arbitrary inference
D. learned helplessness
Answer: A
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a. He is in the stage of concrete operations. b. He is likely to be at least 17 or 18 years old. c. He is able to use abstract and hypothetical ideas. d. His parents are very political.
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a. postnatal malnourishment. c. the sleeper effect. b. retroactive backlash. d. fetal alcohol syndrome.
Many countries around the world, as well as numerous states within the United States, have invested huge amounts of money to increase class size
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Lucas is the child of permissive parents. He is likely to grow up exhibiting all of the following characteristics EXCEPT
a) dependence upon his parents. b) moodiness. c) low social skills and self-control. d) assertive and cooperative behavior(s).