The prevention perspective in mental health has its origins in
a. personal hardiness.
b. mental hygiene.
c. yearly checkups.
d. consistent denial.
b
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When therapists help people focus to experience the present rather than dwell on past failures or negative expectations about the future, they are applying
a. psychoanalysis. b. behavioral activation. c. mindfulness. d. interpersonal therapy.
With regard to social support, a. having one close friend did not affect recovery from depression
b. having social support helped speed recovery from depressive episodes. c. having social support had no effect in China. d. having too much social support actually overwhelmed patients and worsened their depression in some cases.
All of Armand's employees make the same amount of money but he thinks they lie to each other about how much they make. To stop this, he posts all salary information on the bulletin board. Armand seems to believe in _______
a. consistency theory b. equity theory c. expectancy theory d. social learning theory
Regarding statistics, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Statistics help us draw valid conclusions about what we have observed. b. Statistics bring greater clarity and precision to psychological thought and research. c. There are two major types of statistics: frequency and graphical. d. Psychologists use statistics because they often have to base decisions on a limited amount of data.