Adopting a pessimistic explanatory style is like embracing a __________ personality style, because both orientations assume there is little to lose.
A. Type A
B. Type B
C. Type D
D. Type T
Answer: D
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a. au b. g c. l d. o e. ed
According to ___, people perform better when others are watching because a failure or poor showing would threaten their social image, or “face.”
a. Zajonc’s drive theory b. distraction/conflict theory c. social orientation theory d. the mere-effort model e. a self-presentation analysis
Compared to a mastery model, a coping model
a. deals with loss. b. changes over time. c. shows no fear. d. demonstrates precise skill.
The "cognitive revolution"
A. occurred rapidly, within a period of a few years, in response to the attacks on Skinner and the development of computers. B. extended over a long period of time, beginning in the early part of the century, in reaction to Wundt's introspection experiments. C. was a gradual process that occurred over a few decades. D. was not really necessary because the study of the mind has been a constant part of experimental psychology since the founding of the first psychology laboratory.