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​Ursula believes that traits and abilities as fixed at birth and remain the same no matter what. By contrast, Yuri believes that people develop their traits and abilities across time, and that they can become better and better with practice. Social psychologists would say that Ursula is a(n) ____ while Yuri is a(n) ____.

When people suspect that their spouses have been cheating on them, they are often correct. However, among cohabitating partners, approximately ____ are wrong (they think their spouse is cheating when in fact their spouse has not cheated).​

Researchers dropped 100 unsealed envelopes containing money around the campus of a Swedish university. Half the letters were addressed to a person with a common Swedish surname (A. Andersson), whereas the other half of the letters were addressed to a person with a common Muslim surname (A. Abdullah). The researchers found that ____.​

​Research on the brain sizes of different animals would suggest that (domesticated) cats have ____ than (wild, pride-living) lions after adjustment for differences in weight.

​Dr. Hurtado and Dr. Yashari have recently conducted a study and found a positive correlation between music-listening and dancing ability: People who listen to lots of music tend to be excellent dancers. The correlation is statistically significant. Can they conclude that listening to music causes people to be better dancers? Why or why not?

​Which of the following is the best example of “cognition”?

Read the paragraph below. Then answer questions 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Aerobic Exercise vs. Strength Training There are two major types of exercise – aerobic exercise and strength training – and each has distinct benefits.  Aerobic exercise includes activities such as running, biking, and swimming. When people do aerobic exercise, they breathe hard and their heart beats fast. It also increases their endurance.  Strength training involves lifting, pushing, or pulling something, usually something heavy.  Pushing one’s body up from the floor using one’s arms, as happens when performing a push-up, is an example of this kind of exercises. Strength training burns fat and builds muscles. Which kind of exercise is better? This is a difficult question to answer.  Aerobic exercises burns energy faster, so it might help a person lose more weight. Research has shown an additional benefit of this kind of exercise: it can reduce stress.  On the other hand, when more of the body is muscle, the body burns more energy, so strength training can help with weight loss as well. In addition, strength training exercise makes bones stronger.  Finally, this form of exercise have benefits and can help people live longer, healthier lives. For the best physical health possible, people should include a combination of both in their weekly exercise program.

Researchers distinguish jealousy from envy on the basis that jealousy is ____, while envy is ____.​

​In terms of their emotional state, the primary emotional state of people who are suicidal is a sort of ____.

Which of the following is one of the ways that cultural animals differ from social animals?​