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221. ___________ control are strategies that involve turning inward by changing one’s goals or beliefs to fit a situation. a. Problem-focused b. Pragmatic c. Primary d. Secondary 222. People are using ___________ control when they reason that they didn’t want a goal very much or lack the ability to pursue a specific goal. a. problem-focused b. pragmatic c. primary d. secondary 223. Sherry applied for a managerial position within her company. However, the company decided to hire a younger person outside the company. Sherry reasons that the company found her too valuable in her current position to “move her up,” According to Heckhausen’s and Schulz’s theory, Sherry is handling failure by using a. problem-focused control. b. pragmatic control. c. primary control. d. secondary control. 224. Jana was offered two jobs. One of these jobs was at a teaching hospital of a prestigious university, paid well, but would involve a two-hour commute by car each day. The other job was as an instructor in the community college within her hometown within ten minutes from her children’s elementary school. In explaining her decision, Jana explained that it was more important for her to focus on her children at this time in their lives, so she would be taking the instructor job close by. According to Heckhausen’s and Schulz’s theory, Jana’s decision to abandon her goal of working in a teaching hospital and focus on her children illustrates a. problem-focused control. b. pragmatic control. c. primary control. d. secondary control. 225. You are using __________ control when you study for an exam, but you use __________ control when you cope with a low grade by concluding that you had been too sick to study. a. primary; secondary b. secondary; primary c. pragmatic; internalized d. internalized; pragmatic 226. Which of the following is FALSE regarding primary and secondary control? a. People prefer to use secondary strategies for most of their lives. b. Secondary control strategies increase in late adulthood as people begin to cope with age-related declines and reduced opportunities to reinvent their lives. c. Primary control involves actions that change the world to fit people’s needs and desires. d. People use secondary control to handle failure and justify one course of action over another. 227. According to Gilovich’s and Medvec’s research, adults tend to regret a(n)________ more than a(n)_______ in the SHORT TERM. a. action; inaction b. inaction; action c. mistake; failure d. failure; mistake 228. According to Gilovich’s and Medvec’s research, adults tend to regret a(n)________ more than a(n)_______ in the LONG RUN. a. action; inaction b. inaction; action c. mistake; failure d. failure; mistake 229. When researchers asked the intellectually gifted “Termites” from the famous longitudinal study “what would they do differently if they could live their lives over again,” these exceptional people wished they had a. gotten more education. b. worked harder to develop their careers. c. taken more time for friends and family life. d. done all these. 230. When researchers asked the middle-aged adults about “what would they do differently if they could live their lives over again,” most people show __________ and _________ issues that Erikson highlighted for this age group.             a. autonomy; integrity b. intimacy; generativity c. industry; integrity d. identity; initiative