According to the explanatory style view of optimism-pessimism, which of the following statements fits an optimistic style of explanation for a student’s failure on a math exam?

Stacey collects old records. At first, she loved to listen to them, but now when she buys a new one, she just puts it in a box with all of the rest? What caused Stacey to initially collect records?

Bandura and Adams completed a study showing how efficacy expectations     influence phobic behavior. Bandura and Adams found that

Andrew was taught to clap and yell at the football games on Friday night, but he knew that he should not clap and yell at church on Sunday mornings. This is an example of ____________.

Using the terminology of computer science, _____________ is the input process to long-term memory and ____________ is the output.

Many times, children who are physically abused by their parents will claim to still love their parents. According to Harlow’s research,

In the behavior systems approach, developed by Timberlake and others, the assumption is made that:

Which memory system can be divided into four interrelated systems: central executive, visual sketchpad, episodic buffer, and the phonological loop?

To prevent wolves from killing livestock, a small amount of the meat of the livestock was used as bait to make the wolves sick. Once the wolves ate the meat and became ill, they no longer killed the livestock. This is an example of __________________.

Thomas learned from his parents to look both ways every time he crossed the street in front of his house. On his first day of school, Thomas had to cross the street in front of the school. Without being told, Thomas looked both ways for cars before crossing the street. This is an example of ___________.