Diego's house was almost completely destroyed by fire last week. As he walked through the charred remains with the insurance adjuster, Diego joked and said: "It's too bad that the only thing that wasn't destroyed is that ugly paining that my brother-in-law gave me for my last birthday.". In this stressful situation, Diego's joking attitude reflects:
a. cognitive reappraisal
b. posttraumatic stress syndrome
c. catastrophizing
d. general adaptation syndrome
A
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A. fewer frustrating situations B. improvements in effortful control and emotion regulation C. less need for emotion regulation D. diminished effortful control
Concerning physical health,
a. the rate of obesity among teens has steadily declined in the past two decades. b. modern teens lead a more sedentary lifestyle and consume more empty calories than in decades past. c. high blood pressure and diabetes remain virtually unheard of in teenage populations. d. genetic factors appear to play little role in the levels of obesity found in teens.
The distribution of IQ scores
a. is approximately a normal or bell-shaped curve. b. shows that most people have IQ scores between 75 and 90. c. shows that most people have IQ scores between 50 and 75. d. falls off abruptly above 100.
The process of identity exploration today takes ______ time than it typically did in the twentieth century
Fill in the blank with correct word