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Determine whether the statement makes sense. If the statement is possible then it makes sense. If it is clearly impossible, it does not make sense.  In her lifetime my grandmother saw about 6 × 107 hours of commercials on television.

The total mechanical energy of any system is

In understanding how interpersonal competition affects people’s intrinsic motivation, each of the following statements is true, except:

___ provides the social context in which internalization occurs.

Find the scale ratio for a map if 1 centimeter on the map represents 100 kilometers on the ground.

The following two reasons to help illustrate what two types of relationships: First reason: “I want to help because of the distress on your face.” Second reason: “I want to help you so that you will help me in return.”

In his research with chess masters, rock climbers, dancers, and surgeons, Csikszentmihalyi found that the fundamental antecedent to “flow” is that the activity must provide its participants with:

A person high in the implicit motive for power would be most attracted to a movie or a book that featured a key scene showing:

One key negative side of a high level of the implicit motive for power is the person’s tendency toward:

Consider two different ways of motivating others by using rewards. First way: “Good job, you improved your penmanship nicely.” Second way: “If you improve your penmanship today, then I’ll give you a reward.” Why is the first way more effective and less harmful (in terms of side effects) than is the second way?