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John is teaching his son Matthew to read. He points out new words in books they read together, helps Matthew sound out letters and words, and teaches him rhymes. Vygostky would call the strategies John uses _________.

A person injected with ghrelin might be expected to:

Research suggests that, all else being equal, _____ tend to be more powerful than are _____.

When her roommate asked Connie why she wasn’t studying for a big test scheduled for the next day, Connie replied, “It doesn’t make any difference whether I study. I just know I’ll get a low grade because I have such bad luck.” It is likely that Connie has a(n):

Albert Bandura proposed a self-system to describe how personality is shaped by beliefs, behavior, and the environment. According to Bandura, how are these factors related?

Mother Theresa devoted her entire career to serving the urban poor in Calcutta, India. Her humanitarian service consumed nearly all of her time for her last 50 years. In Gordon Allport’s personality theory, she had the _____ trait of selfless generosity.

Based on Kinsey’s classic research, sexual orientation is best represented _____ .

Mark stole a hamburger from the school cafeteria when he was very hungry. He doesn’t think he did anything wrong since no one noticed him stealing it. Mark is probably in which of Kohlberg’s stages of moral development?

The 2-week period of prenatal development that begins at conception is the _____ stage; the period of prenatal development that lasts from the 2nd week until about the 8th week is the _____ stage.

In junior high school, Tyler really liked Jada and would have liked to date her. Instead, Tyler was mean to Jada and teased her. Which defense mechanism was Tyler using?