Suppose you have a stressful appointment for which you have not fully prepared because you want to please the people with whom you will meet. Your self-doubt comes from your constant behavior to always put your self-worth on the line. Personality psychologists would call this personality
A. passive-aggressive.
B. under contingencies of self-worth.
C. depressed.
D. low need for Achievement.
B
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a. extinction? reinforcement b. reinforcement? extinction c. reinforcement? shaping d. shaping? extinction
Procedures in which clients speak their thoughts into a tape recorder while engaging in some behavior are called _____ procedures
a. automatic thinking b. self talk c. cognitive scripting d. think aloud
The religion in which individuals are caught in an eternal struggle between wisdom and correctness as well as ignorance and evil is called:
a. Vedantism b. mystery religions c. Zoroastrianism d. cult of Mithras
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A) lack of B) barometric C) unstable D) baseline