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Marco has a crush on Katia. Katia, however, does not feel the same way about Marco. What is likely to be Katia’s first reaction if she finds out that Marco likes her?

Having a negative, critical attitude toward yourself can ____.

Julia likes Luiz a lot. Luiz thinks Julia is okay, but he does not like her as much as she likes him. What is Luiz most likely to feel with regard to Julia after a while?

According to which of the following do people learn to behave aggressively in the same way that they learn other things—by direct experience and observing others?

When couples make internal attributions for one another’s successes and external attributions for one another’s failures, then they are said to be using ____.

Compared to couples who are unhappy, happy couples tend to make use of a(n) ____ attributional style when explaining their spouse’s behaviors.

The concept of “pay it forward”—passing benefits on to third parties instead of returning benefits to one’s benefactors—can promote prosocial behavior. Social scientists refer to this concept as ____.

Lejla finds out that her classmate, Dina, thinks that she is really interesting. This makes Lejla like Dina more than she did before. What does research suggest about this kind of reciprocation of liking?

In his early writings, Freud proposed that humans have a constructive, life-giving instinct, which he called ____.

Which of the following alveolar cells are responsible for the production of pulmonary surfactant?