Wally Is Facing an Important Test and Expects to Do

question 4

Multiple Choice

Wally is facing an important test and expects to do poorly.He is so anxious that he cannot concentrate or study effectively,but he figures that since he's going to do badly anyway,he shouldn't bother studying.This reasoning is an indication of Wally's __________.

• A)self-esteem
• B)self-concept
• C)social reality
• D)social comparison

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Definitions:

Bubble Chart

A data visualization tool that displays multiple circles (bubbles) in a two-dimensional plot to represent the values of three variables for each observation; the position of each bubble on the horizontal and vertical axes indicates two of the values, while the size of the bubble represents the third.

Categorical Data

Data that represent characteristics and can be divided into groups or categories, which are not numerically quantifiable.

Ordinal Data

Refers to a type of data which is categorized into ordered levels but the differences between the levels are not necessarily consistent or measurable.

Interval Data

A type of data that not only categorizes variables but also quantifies the differences between these categories, where the intervals between values are interpretable.