A person whose control, commitment, and challenge enable him or her to handle stressful situations would be considered to possess the stress-reduction trait of:
a. external locus of control c. frustration-aggression
b. hardiness d. approach-avoidance
B
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Dr. Hewlett believes that early childhood experiences have a strong influence on adult personality and that our personality is largely shaped by unconscious forces. Dr. Hewlett's views MOST closely mirror those of the
a. behavioral perspective. b. humanistic perspective. c. psychodynamic perspective. d. biological perspective.
Simone was a moderately shy infant whose very extroverted parents rarely gave her time to adapt to a new social situation before thrusting her into another one. This style of parenting led Simone to become an extremely shy child as she entered school. This illustrates that
a. nurture is more important than nature. b. nature is more important than nurture. c. inherited temperaments can be dynamically modified by learning, even negatively. d. shyness is a lasting trait that cannot be modified by experience or learning.
Aversion therapy is typically applied when a client has
a. an aversion to a food or other stimulus and the goal is to overcome it. b. a desired response in his/her repertoire and the goal is to increase its frequency. c. an unwanted response in his/her repertoire and the goal is to decrease its frequency. d. a behavioral deficit and the goal is to expand his/her behavioral repertoire.
In the metaphor the angel, the devil, and me, the angel is the ____________
a) id b) ego c) superego d) unconscious