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    Examples of social facilitation

    What is social facilitation? How would social facilitation affect one's performance on a difficult exam? How would social facilitation affect one's performance on a simple exam? These questions are posed.

    Self-Handicapping in Taking an Exam

    What is self-handicapping? Explain how would someone self-handicap in regards to taking an exam? What kind of attribution would they make if they did well? What kind of attribution would they make if they did poorly?

    The Resilient Family: Family Tasks and Characteristics

    Harway and Wexler (1996) proposed four typical family tasks carried out by most families regardless of lifestyle (single-parent led family, co-habilitating heterosexual adults, gay males and lesbian couples, dual-career family, remarried family, and the like). How do these tasks fit with the Walsh's (1996) "challenge" model of