An absentminded professor accidentally locks his filing cabinet and does not have a key. Desperate to get it open, he uses a paperclip to pick the lock. The paperclip is functioning in a manner similar to the _____ functions of a drug _____.

Among Western children, __________ is associated with feelings of personal inadequacy and with maladjustment

A) guilt B) intense shame C) sympathy D) fear

A teacher does not believe a student can perform well because of a learning disability. The teacher comes to expect very little, so she demands very little from the student. In response, the student does not try and indeed fails. We may consider this process to be

a. unavoidable. b. unusual. c. autocratic. d. a self-fulfilling prophecy.