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Question 31

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________ is our expectations about whether we will succeed in (and attempt) new challenges.

A) The self
B) Reciprocal determinism
C) The spotlight effect
D) Self-efficacy

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Question 32

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According to social-cognitive theories,the best predictor of students' academic success in college would be their

A) college entrance test scores.
B) high school grade-point average.
C) levels of self-esteem.
D) relative standing on the Big Five.

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Question 33

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When people accept more responsibility for good deeds that for bad ones,they are engaging in

A person who experiences defensive self-esteem is ________ to demonstrate self-serving bias and is ________ to feel angry when criticized.

In one experiment,participants put on a Barry Manilow T-shirt before entering a room with other students.Their tendency to overestimate the extent to which the other students would notice their unusual T-shirt best illustrated

Social-cognitive theorists would suggest that the best way to predict a political candidate's performance effectiveness after election is to assess that individual's

According to Albert Bandura,the interacting influences of behavior,internal personal factors,and environment illustrate

Maddie is a personality theorist who believes that our individual traits and thoughts interact with our social world as we move from one situation to another.Maddie is most likely to agree with which of the following perspectives on personality?

Which perspective most clearly emphasizes that our personalities help create the situations to which we react?

Athletes often privately attribute their losses to bad officiating.This best illustrates

Psychologist Jean Twenge refers to today's new generation as Generation Me because it expresses high levels of

If we are nervous about our personal appearance after adopting a new hairstyle,we are likely to ________ the extent to which others notice our nervousness and we are likely to ________ the extent to which they notice our new hairstyle.

Middle school students whose families struggle financially are more likely to earn high grades if they have a clear vision of themselves succeeding in school.This best illustrates the motivational significance of

Theresa is thinking about what she would like to do with her life.She would like to be financially stable,successful at her career,and in a happy,satisfying relationship.She would like to make sure that she does not have extremely limited income,experience divorce,or be in a job that she does not like.Theresa is pondering

Which of the following is most likely to be associated with high self-esteem?

People who are more likely to avoid romantic commitments

Research on self-perception indicates that most people

Narcissism is associated with

If you're a junior doctor and want to predict how well you will do on a surgical skills exam,you would be best advised to

Adam was involved in a "fender bender" because he failed to stop at stop sign.Afterward,he thought to himself."Why didn't the other driver look to see that I was crossing the intersection?" Adam's thinking best illustrated the dangers of