Suzanne Kobasa studied a group of stress-resistant business executives, suggesting that they shared a trait she called:

A) hardiness.
B) optimism.
C) Type A.
D) self-regulation.


A) hardiness.

Psychology

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a. rehearsal b. elaboration c. cued encoding d. chunking

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According to the textbook, for many adolescents adult relatives are

more influential than adult nonrelatives. less influential than adult nonrelatives. more influential than parents. more influential than peers.

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Performance standards based on the perceptions of employees reported by their supervisors, coworkers, or clients are considered

a. concrete appraisals. b. integrity tests. c. quantitative criteria. d. subjective measures.

Psychology

Given that the data are kept separate in intrasubject research designs, data analysis often consists of

a. advanced parametric and inferential analyses. b. various ANOVA models. c. multiple t tests with appropriate Bonferroni adjustments. d. the inspection of graphs.

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