Making up excuses for failure is referred to as:
A. self-attributing
B. self-handicapping
C. delusional attribution
D. image defense
Answer: B
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What will be an ideal response?
Under conditions of stress,
a. anxious-ambivalent people may become angry when they don't receive the support they want. b. avoidant individuals become fearful and sometimes exhibit hostility. c. securely attached individuals both seek out and provide support. d. securely attached individuals seek out support, but can become angry when they don't receive the support they want.
Before the 2008 election, Zoe was not so sure who the winner would be. But after President Barack Obama won, Zoe exclaimed, "Of course he won, he had the popular vote in many states, and many Americans are inspired by him." Here, Zoe is exhibiting
a. interjudge reliability. b. the hindsight bias. c. internal validity. d. social influence.
________ is the Canadian researcher who studied stress and wrote about his bouts of bipolar depression in his book Holiday of Darkness
a) John Bentley Mays b) Hans Selye c) Norman Endler d) William Styron