Robert thinks women are bad at math, because they’re born without an inclination toward logic puzzles and numbers. He also thinks that women aren’t able to become good at math, no matter the amount of practice. Because Robert believes these traits are stable and unchanging, Robert is probably:

Many religions and cultures adopt a “do no harm” belief. This type of belief can be characterized as a:

Rusty falls in love with a person who is “out of his league”, despite the fact that the other person does not seem terribly interested. Rusty believes that he has been ‘friendzoned’. Because of the concept of social exchange and equity, one of the most important factors in a relationship (and part of the reason Rusty’s relationship with this person didn’t quite work out) is:  

Privatization is the process of dividing public goods into smaller pieces so that each individual is responsible for a small share, rather than the whole group being trusted with all of the public goods. Privatization, according to the text, tends to _____________ competition.

Ray is really bad at math. At first, he tried to study really hard- he went to tutoring sessions, he stayed up late, he went to office hours, everything he could think of to try and improve his understanding. Eventually, he stopped trying to improve and accepted his failures at exams, because he feels that he has no control over his outcomes. Ray is experiencing:

Raquel knows that, if she cooperates initially, the person on the opposing side is more likely to cooperate in return. She continues her strategy by matching the moves of her opponent, which is a strategy known as:

Wally uses a wheelchair to get around. When people try to help him without asking if he needs it, Wally feels insulted and angry; he feels that the implication of the help is that other people don’t think that he can take care of himself. Wally perceives that type of help as:

When Shawna hears about a woman who was assaulted at a party, she immediately asks questions like “what was she wearing” and “was she drinking”. Shawna believes that she, herself, would never be assaulted because she dresses conservatively and doesn’t drink. Shawna is someone who seems to have a lot of:

Looking for a ‘silver lining’ in a subpar situation is one way of reinterpreting the meaning of a triggering situation or stimulus as a form of self-regulation, which we call:

Julian is working in a group of people; they constantly makes jokes, they doesn’t contribute good ideas, they are not terribly helpful. Julian tends to perform tasks more poorly or slower in the presence of others, which is exemplifying: