psyc module 48

have fewer sleepless nights

A person with very high self-esteem is likely to _____________ than a person with low self-esteem.

behavior

According to the social-cognitive perspective, our _________________ is influenced by our biology, our social experiences, and our cognition and personality.

reciprocal determinism

Anxious people tend to be on the lookout for potentially threatening events; that is, they perceive the world as threatening. Their personalities shape how they interpret and react to events. This is known as:

a self-serving bias.

Card players who attribute their wins to their own skill and their losses to bad luck best illustrate:

blame her failure on bad officiating.

If the self-serving bias is evident in the way an athlete explains her success or failure, she might:

express heightened racial prejudice.

In a study, researchers temporarily deflated the self-image of participants by telling them they did poorly on a test. The participants were more likely to:

childhood experiences

Which of the following is NOT a psychological influence on the biopsychosocial approach to the study of personality?