The three types of intelligence identified in Sternberg's triarchic theory are analytical, creative, and practical

Xiaoping is an international student from China who is studying at a university in the United States. When she meets another student who may be Chinese, she introduces herself in English. If she gets a sense that the other person speaks fluent Mandarin, she switches to that language. And if the person is also from her native Shanghai, they usually end up speaking Shanghainese. This process is known as language __________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Gloria wants to be the best account executive her firm has ever seen, in the hope that she may quickly be promoted to vice president for investment and finance. She is pushing herself to achieve perfection because of ______

a. anxiety c. pressure b. internal dissonance d. frustration