Despite the fact that Lance has had to overcome many obstacles in his life and that things don't always turn out the way he wants them to, Lance still thinks that his future is very bright and that things will turn out for the best in the long run
This is an example of ________.
A) counterfactual thinking
B) the negativity bias
C) the optimistic bias
D) the narrative mode of thought
E) automatic priming
Answer: C
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a. use of marijuana b. use of alcohol c. being sexually abused d. having low self-esteem
Which of the following best describes how Cattell contributed to the trait approach?
A) Cattell took previously collected adjectives that describe personality and had participants rated on each trait. Factor analysis was used to cluster and make connections between the traits. B) Cattell created a list of all adjectives in English that can be used to describe personality, and created an alphabetical listing of them. C) Cattell launched the trait approach by putting all people into opposite categories of the same trait. That is a person is either extroverted or introverted and also either optimistic or pessimistic. D) Cattell created a set of personality types based on prior research done by others, creating the types by clustering sets of trait adjectives that had similar underlying ideas. E) Cattell analyzed the motivations that were important to each individual, and characterized each person in terms of the motivation that was most important for him or her.
Cameron devises the CES (coffee enjoyment scale), which contains 25 items. After having 60 people complete his scale, he calculates Cronbach’s alpha, which is .87. What should he do with this information?
a. He should run 87 participants. b. He should revise the internal consistency of his scale. c. He should average participants’ scores on all items into one score per participant. d. He should add more survey items.
The fear circuit that is particularly important in explaining panic disorder is called the
a) locus coeruleus b) amygdala c) hippocampus d) thalamus