Author Question: Michelle cannot forget when Jill, her sister-in-law laughed at her when they first met. She never ... (Read 46 times)

olgavictoria · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Michelle cannot forget when Jill, her sister-in-law laughed at her when they first met. She never talked about it with her, but now whatever Jill suggests she finds fault with it. This shows that unresolved feelings are likely to lead to

a. Blind spots
b. Biased judgment
c. Irrational decisions
d. Selective perception

Question 2

In Ma's study of elementary school teachers in China and the U.S., teachers were given a problem such as 1 divided by . They were asked to make up a problem in story form that required this computation (e.g., You have 1 cups of milk and want to separate it into cup servings. How many servings will you have?). What results were found?

a. the Chinese teachers did better on writing correct story problems
b. the U.S. teachers did better on writing correct story problems
c. the U.S. teachers and Chinese teachers did equally well on writing story problems
d. most teachers in both nations failed to write correct story problems, indicating the need for more training in problem representation