What is the best way to increase your self-control?
a. Try to gain it all at once with an all-or-nothing approach.
b. Work at it, incrementally, with a lot of practice, over time.
c. Try as hard as you can to fundamentally change your personality.
d. Take an easygoing approach and let the self-control come as it may.
Question 2Mead, in her study of South Pacific Islanders, found that
A) in some cultures, adolescents are viewed as gods.
B) the difficulties of adolescence are the same across cultures.
C) in some cultures, there is no hormonal puberty.
D) the difficulties of adolescence are not the same across cultures.
Question 3A relational perspective suggests that
A) initial patterns of self-other relations influence our self-concepts and social relations later in life.
B) our self-concept early in life leads us to develop healthy or unhealthy relationships later in life.
C) our first romantic adult relationships shape our relationships with our children.
D) we usually look for a romantic partner who represents the opposite of our relationship with our mother.
E) being able to relate to a romantic partner is more important than attraction.
Question 4In basic terms, existentialism is an area of philosophy concerned with
A) interpersonal relationships.
B) death and dying.
C) the meaning of human existence.
D) how we choose religions.
E) entrances to other worlds.
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