Although Michelle passed her psychology test, received a pay raise, and successfully repaired her bike today, she dwells on the rebuff of a friend. A cognitive therapist would refer to this as
a. obsessive behavior.
b. selective perception.
c. all-or-nothing thinking.
d. overgeneralization.
B
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a. social-role theory. b. social identity theory. c. social categorization theory. d. realistic conflict theory.
Symptoms of personality disorder often affect the outcome for people with
a. chronic disease. b. acute physical symptoms. c. mental disorders. d. physical disorders.
In the children's television show Pee Wee's Playhouse, the floor, globe, and chair could talk, move, and had their own personalities. The fact that many young children view such objects as being "alive" is consistent with the Piagetian concept of a. intonation
b. irreversibility. c. observational learning. d. animism.
According to Postman, generalized competition means ______.
A. a massive amount of interference is caused by spreading activation in the long-term store B. the inability to find the correct retrieval results to information in the long-term store C. a set or disposition to continue to respond in the manner learned most recently D. disruptive influence of language on the learning of paired associate tasks