Standards of psychological health are
(a) absolute
(b) relative
(c) culturally and politically defined
(d) the result of both cultural and biological influences
D
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a. descriptive b. hierarchical c. philosophical d. historical
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research, Matt's happiness or subjective well-being would be a. low due to the overwhelmingly negative emotion Matt is feeling regarding his grandfather's illness. b. neutral, since the intense negative emotion generated by his grandfather's illness cancels out the positive emotions generated by Matt's everyday college experiences. c. high because Matt is experiencing frequent positive emotions and relatively few negative emotions. d. unpredictable, since Matt is young, and his emotions tend to fluctuate daily.
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a. law of set. b. law of multiple response. c. law of response by analogy. d. law of associative shifting.
Jamaal, a practicing psychologist, prefers to choose from a combination of approaches when trying to deal with a specific client behavior. Jamaal takes a(n) __________ position
a) humanistic b) client-centered c) sociocultural d) eclectic