Which of the following scenarios is best explained by the developmental task of body transcendence versus body preoccupation?
A) Meg, a 51-year-old woman, is obsessed with her looks.
B) Sue, a depressed widow, fails to take care of herself since she lost her husband.
C) James, a robust and active 50-year-old man, is a fitness coach and is quite agile for his age.
D) Jake, a retired schoolteacher, spends more time with his friends since he was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.
D
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Durston and colleagues (2002, 2006) performed experiments in which children had to press a button ("Go") if they saw certain stimuli and avoid pressing the button ("No-go") if they saw another stimulus. Compared to adults, children's brains __________.
A. worked harder to ignore the non-target stimuli B. could not understand what the non-target stimuli were C. did not have to work as hard to ignore the non-target stimuli D. focused exclusively on the non-target stimuli
A clinician uses interview data to make the clinical judgment that a client "is competent in many areas, but in other areas her performance may be hindered by a lack of confidence." Although the client may acknowledge the accuracy of this statement, its lack of specificity suggests that it exemplifies
a. the Stroop effect. b. the Barnum effect. c. stereotyped beliefs. d. illusory correlation.
According to Friedman et al. (1995), why haven't health psychology interventions been integrated to a greater extent into our health care system?
a. Biological origins of diseases have been emphasized over psychosocial explanations. b. Physicians are unaware of the data supporting health psychology interventions. c. both of the above d. neither of the above
Social cognition is the study of how people
a. solve societal problems. b. think about themselves and the social world. c. behave in groups. d. actually behave toward outgroup members.