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According to the text, one key reason that people engage in self-defeating behaviors is because of ____.
 
  a. the death drive
  b. a fear of success
  c. they have faulty knowledge
  d. self-enhancement motivation

Question 2

In one well-known study of helping behavior, researchers examined helping among a sample of theology students. The students were either (a) under time pressure or not put under time pressure and (b) expecting to give a speech about the parable of the (very helpful) Good Samaritan or expecting to give a speech about something else. Which students turned out to be the most helpful?
 
  a. Those who were not in a hurryregardless of the speech manipulation
  b. Those who were expecting to give a speech about the parable of the Good Samaritanregardless of the time pressure manipulation
  c. Those who were not in a hurry and were expecting to give a speech about the parable of the Good Samaritan
  d. Those who were in a hurry and were expecting to give a speech about the parable of the Good Samaritan



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A



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