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A “do your best” goal:

Which of the following is NOT one of the six principles of emotional intelligence (from the “Emotions and Reasoning at Work” reading by Caruso and Salovey):

Incentives can be useful:

For which of the following decisions would an individual benefit greatly from a nudge? A dancer who auditions for a new play or musical every week A CEO who is attempting to determine whether the commodity market will remain volatile in 6 months. The volatility of this market is determined by dozens of complex forces An athlete who has easy access to junk food but is looking to eat healthier Someone traveling to a new country, trying to decide what to eat at a restaurant with ingredients she has never heard of

Tess has been extremely hyperactive for the last three days. She is talkative and has been getting by with only 2 hours of sleep each night. She is making plans to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean, even though  she has never actually had any flying lessons. In this case, it is likely that Tess is currently experiencing 

Emotionality is a facet of which personality trait?

As opposed to goal-setting, a destination postcard is particularly useful for motivating _____________ because without it, people tend to think about the future in ___________ terms.

In the study on poverty and academic achievement among Chilean high school students… Growth mindset predicted achievement on standardized math and language tests to the same extent as family income Growth mindset predicted achievement on standardized math and language tests to a greater extent than family income Students from low-income families with a growth mindset were able to achieve the same level of performance as students from high-income families with a growth mindset Students from low-income families with a growth mindset were able to achieve the same level of performance as students from high-income families with a fixed mindset

Imagine you are the manager of a hotel and are trying to cut costs by having guests agree to a decreased cleaning schedule (every other day) when they book their hotel room online. Which of the following will make it the most likely that guests will agree to the decreased cleaning schedule:

The prescriber has ordered heparin 15000 units subcutaneously every 12 hours for a patient weighing 116 lbs.  The label on the vial of heparin reads heparin 10000 units/mL.  How many mL of heparin should the nurse administer to this patient every 12 hours? _______________mL