Regarding one's personal goals and happiness, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. The importance of personal goals helps explain why specific circumstances tell us so little about happiness.
b. It is often difficult to know if an event is good or bad without knowing what a person is trying to achieve in life.
c. People tend to be happy if they are making progress, on a day-to-day basis, on smaller goals that relate to long-term, life goals.
d. Attaining goals even if these goals do not express our deeper interests and values will still add considerably to our overall happiness.


D

Psychology

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If Gwenn is a survivor of a heart attack, she is depressed, and therefore is at risk of:

a. increased mortality in the 6-month period after the first heart attack b. only non-fatal heart attacks in the future. c. having a reduction in her LDL levels d. Nothing;, being depressed does not indicate that she is at risk of anything

Psychology

A researcher is not obligated to use anesthesia for surgery in nonhuman subjects in research

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

The diathesis–stress model of mental illness proposes that a combination of ______ and ______ produces mental disorders

genetic vulnerability; environmental stresses parenting; peer pressure malnutrition; poverty brain injury; lack of education

Psychology