Seligman and his colleagues conducted a course in which university students at risk for depression were taught cognitive and social problem-solving skills. Students in the study were determined to be at risk for depression based on a
a. low score on a test of learned helplessness.
b. pessimistic cognitive style
c. family history of depression.
d. poor response to antidepressant medication.
b
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Which of the following statements about "male menopause" is true?
Similar to women, men experience a sudden age-related drop in hormonal levels. Men suffer from sudden, stress-related shifts in hormone levels. Viagra prevents decline of sexual desire and speed of ejaculation as men age. Frequency of intercourse increases during middle adulthood.
Three-year-old Simeon is at the top of a tall and scary slide. At the bottom of the slide, Simeon's older brother is smiling and laughing. When Simeon sees this, he goes down the slide. Simeon's behavior is an example of
A. social referencing. B. attribution. C. transferred excitation. D. social facilitation.
A woman undergoes a type of circumcision in which the labia minora are removed in addition to the clitoris. This procedure is known as a
a. clitoridectomy b. pharaonic circumcision c. sunna circumcision d. vaginectomy
A developmentally disabled child frequently shows a problem behavior that produces an effect on the external environment, and that appears undiminished even though there are no apparent social consequences. These are indicators that the problem behavior is maintained by:
Question options: attention from others escape from demands internal sensory positive reinforcement external sensory positive reinforcement