People Are More Likely to Engage in Self-Handicapping Behavior When

question 70

Multiple Choice

People are more likely to engage in self-handicapping behavior when they

• A) wish to avoid appearing incompetent.
• B) are male rather than female.
• C) have fragile self-esteem.
• D) all of the above

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Definitions:

Neurons

Specialized nerve cells that communicate information by sending electrical and chemical signals.

Intellect

The faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract or academic matters.

Lewy Body Disease

A form of major neurocognitive disorder characterized by an increase in Lewy body cells in the brain. Symptoms include visual hallucinations, momentary loss of attention, falling, and fainting.

Vascular Disease

Vascular disease is characterized by sporadic, and progressive, loss of intellectual functioning caused by repeated infarcts, or temporary obstructions of blood vessels, which prevent sufficient blood from reaching the brain. (formerly called vascular or multi-infarct dementia.)