"The biology of hope" (described by Norman Cousins, 1989) says that

a. positive expectations can be self-fulfilling.
b. positive expectations lead to optimism.
c. negative expectations are inevitable.
d. when there's hope, there's life.


a

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a. by Perls as one of the primary interventions of Gestalt therapy. b. by Wolpe as a behavioral treatment based on conditioning principles. c. by Ellis as a "common sense" form of psychoanalysis. d. by Dollard and Miller as a brief treatment based on learning theory.

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Quinn has wanted to be a doctor seemingly from the day that he was born. His father is a doctor, his grandfather was a doctor, and it has always been assumed that Quinn will become part of the "family business"

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Byron recently had a stroke. During an interview, it is clear that he is struggling with comprehension and his words are all jumbled up like a salad. Which area of Byron’s brain would you suspect was damaged during the stroke?

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