The time during which you decide if a situation is relevant or irrelevant to you and whether the situation is threatening or a positive challenge is known as

a. the decision stage.
b. primary appraisal.
c. the reaction stage.
d. secondary appraisal.


ANSWER: b

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A. problem solving B. creativity C. cognition D. intelligence

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In a well-known study conducted by Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968), schoolteachers were told that certain of their students—who were in fact chosen by the researchers at random—were "intellectual bloomers" and had tremendous academic potential. When these students were tested at the end of the year, it was found that their IQ scores had indeed significantly increased (presumably as a result of

the special attention and treatment they had received from their teachers). This research most clearly demonstrates ____. a. the self-serving bias b. the discontinuity effect c. scapegoating d. the self-fulfilling prophecy

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The general guidelines and principles that the APA has put forth for therapist behavior are covered in the

a. Ethical Guidelines and Rules of Conduct. b. Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. c. Ethical Procedures and Code of Conduct. d. Ethical Guidelines of Therapy and Subsequent Conduct.

Psychology

The conservation of liquid task directly assesses a child's level of

a. intelligence. b. habituation. c. animism d. centration.

Psychology