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
The formation of a chimeric gene that is found in people with certain forms of leukemia.
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