Research on post-trauma coping indicates that one of the worst possible things—in terms of predicting post-trauma recovery—is for people to ____
a. blame themselves for the trauma
b. feel like there is no explanation at all for the trauma
c. feel like the trauma was fated, or predestined
d. believe that many other people have experienced similar traumas
B
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You find that you are beginning to like the person sitting next to in your psychology class more and more. What might you experiencing??
a. ?mere exposure effect b. ?bystander effect c. ?conformity effect d. ?attribution effect
The __________ fallacy is the claim that traits and behaviors can be explained entirely through genetics
a. naturalistic b. deterministic c. evolutionary d. predispositional
You have a friend whose parents are obese. Since he graduated from college he has devoted a significant amount of his efforts to doing well in his new job, leaving him with less time to exercise and prepare healthy meals
Consequently, he has gained weight. He is concerned that since he must have the FTO gene, that he is doomed to be obese like his parents are. What would you tell him? a. Genetics provides only a risk for overweight and obesity, not a definite destiny. If he eats nutritious meals and begins to exercise, he should lose the weight. b. Genetics is destiny. He might as well not worry about becoming obese since he is definitely going to be obese no matter what he does. c. His weight gain has nothing to do with his parents. There really is no genetic relationship. d. His parents must have eaten quite a bit of sweets and carbs before he was conceived and he now has the genes for obesity.
Allison is well liked by the other members of her swim team, but not well liked by other adolescent girls in her homeroom class. Allison would be considered a __________ adolescent.
A. controversial B. popular C. rejected D. neglected