As a coping mechanism, humor has been shown to
a. lower stress reactions to difficult events.
b. be associated with better immunity to disease.
c. help put things into perspective.
d. do all of these.
D
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a. antidepressants such as SSRIs. c. electroconvulsive therapy. b. antipsychotics such as Haldol. d. mood stabilizers such as lithium.
. Ms. Valjean is studying job satisfaction and is considering the Job in General Scale as a measure for her research. Ms. Valjean is apparently interested in the ____ approach to measuring job satisfaction.?
a. ?subjective b. ?objective c. ?facet d. ?global
A researcher wants to conduct an animal learning experiment using 40 participants in a between subjects design. The researcher decides to randomly assign the participants to the four different conditions so that
a. participants from the same litter will not be tested together. b. the data will be easier to analyze than if participants were assigned on any other basis. c. the results will be more generalizable. d. the groups will be equivalent prior to the manipulation of the independent variable.
The social cognition approach compares people to amateur
a. detectives. b. lawyers. c. artists. d. accountants.