Someone who believes that they had some personal control over winning the lottery likely subscribes to

a. learned helplessness
b. learned optimism
c. self-efficacy
d. the illusion of control

D

Psychology

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a. people who are intelligent in one area are usually intelligent in other areas b. intelligence and creativity seldom go together c. intelligence and creativity usually go together d. specific mental abilities are relatively independent of each other

Psychology

Each of the following is true of the WAIS-III EXCEPT ______

a. it offers separate verbal and performance scores, as well as an overall IQ score b. on some items, extra points can be earned depending on the complexity of one's answers c. it can be effectively administered to large groups of students at one time and can be quickly and cheaply scored by computer d. on some questions, both speed and accuracy affect the score

Psychology