Entries by Jimmie Jay

State the purpose of the research.

    State the purpose of the research. (Why did the authors conduct the research?) State the hypothesis or research question. VERY briefly describe the methods used. (Who were the participants? What did the participants do?) State the results of the study. (These should parallel the research question/hypothesis.) State the interpretation of results. (How did the […]

A screaming child runs from a building and is pulled back by a man carrying a gun. A group of onlookers watch the interaction, but no one does anything. Later, talking to a witness, you learn that he assumed nothing was wrong because no one else looked concerned. This person’s assumption is called

41. Steve is working on a painting in his studio. He is so engrossed in this activity that he does not notice that he has missed lunch and dinner, and day has turned into night. Steve is experiencing which of the following?   A. Awe B. Flow C. Meaning D. Thriving   42. The positive […]

31. A student who believes that her performance on a test is due to luck and not effort is most likely to hold which type of mindset?   A. Expandable B. Fixed C. Growth D. Indolent   32. The pair of researchers best known for their work on goal pursuit—including autonomy levels, motivation types, and […]

21. Which of the following statements about the concept of savoring is FALSE?   A. After the age of 10, females report a greater tendency to savor than males. B. People in collectivist cultures tend to savor more frequently than those in individualistic cultures. C. Those with higher levels of trait mindfulness and optimism tend […]

11. A recognizable assembly of people with shared values, cooperating to ensure clear evidence of positive physical, economic, environmental, and social well-being, and who are empowered to affect further prosocial outcomes for all individuals in their area, can be identified as a:   A. Collaborative Community B. Distressed Community C. Flourishing Community D. Resilient Community […]

. Individuals are mostly oblivious to the cognitive mechanisms that operate to protect and transform their experiences of negative affect and, as a result, have a tendency to overestimate the length of time their affective reactions to negative events will last. This phenomenon of being unaware of affect-protecting cognitive mechanisms is known as:   A. […]

1.    Choose one of Freud’s ideas that you think is very good and that deserves respect and praise. Defend your choice by carefully explaining why this idea or concept should be applauded. 2.    Choose one of Freud’s ideas that you think is not so good and that deserves little respect and should be thrown out […]

Provide an overview of the definition of behavior and operational definition for the behavior the student wishes to change (consider using the “Dead Man Test” to help define the behavior)

11. Anthropologist Edward Hall (1983) describes the rules of “social time” as:   A. seldom/never explicit B. a “silent language” C. both of the answer options are correct   12. According to your second reading (Levine, 2021):   A. all cultures value some degree of work-life balance B. time spent on social versus work activities, […]