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The Determinant of a triangular matrix is the sum of the diagonal elements.

An elementary matrix is a matrix that performs one of the elementary row operations. True or False,  The determinant of an elementary matrix is always 1.  

Felicia is a 4th year college student.  She wants to go to graduate school so she can work with children and adolescents who have mental health problems.  When she was a first year student, she had her heart set on going to a doctoral program in Clinical Psychology.  Now she understands that such graduate programs are extremely competitive and she might not be accepted if these were the only programs she applied to.  Therefore, she has decided to maximize her chances by applying to several different types of programs that would ultimately result in a license to provide mental health services.  Based on this information, which is most likely to be true of her cognitive development?

Research indicates that we are  more likely to over-estimate the likelihood of positive traits (such as kindness and intelligence) when a person is physically attractive than when a person is not attractive.  This is called the ____.

Based on the podcast you listened to about eugenics,

Which of the following is an example of imaginary audience?

The HPG axis includes the ___, pituitary gland and the gonads.  

Joon-woo was born in the United States and has a Korean heritage.  He routinely speaks Korean with friends and family, enjoys traditional Korean foods and watches popular Korean television shows.  He also spends time with friends who don’t have a Korean background, goes out for pizza with his basketball team and enjoys participating in the music ministry at his church.  Based on this description, which ethnic identity option of Berry’s Acculturation Model has Joon-woo most likely practiced?  

Timothy needs to mow the lawn, take out the trash, write an essay for English and finish his Algebra homework.  He has been trying to decide what order to complete these tasks for the past hour.  He considered doing the lawn work first and then showering but then considered that it might be better to do the academic work first so that he would be sure to have it for school the next day.  But then he wondered if his essay might be better if he spent time thinking about what to write while mowing the lawn.  However, it could be possible that he would feel tired after the outdoor work and be unable to motivate himself to complete his schoolwork.   This adolescent tendency to approach problems with too much intellectualization is called

Fifteen-year-old Julio is furious that his English teacher is requiring students to turn in hand-written outlines and working drafts along with the typed final draft of their winter quarter paper. Julio wasn’t aware this was required while he was working on the paper and therefore no longer has his hand-written drafts. He wants to yell at the teacher but he knows approaching the teacher in that way is not likely to work out in his favor.  Therefore, he works on calming himself down and using both his thoughts and his feelings to communicate effectively with his teacher.  According to Information Processing Theory, Julio’s use of emotional regulation skills and his ability to integrate thoughts and emotions are consistent with