When people unconsciously try to prevent themselves from experiencing emotions to avoid the pain brought about by the experience, this is known as
a) passive-aggressive behavior.
b) emotional insulation.
c) hardiness.
d) emotion-focused coping.
b
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Which of the following statements best encapsulates the relationship between stress and physical illness, according to psychoneuroimmunologists?
A. Stress compromises the body's immune system, leaving a person vulnerable to illness. B. Stress increases the production of natural killer cells, which causes cell death and leads to illness. C. Stress causes high blood pressure, heart disease, and cancer. D. Stress has no direct relationship to physical illness, but physicians tell us that these things are related so we will be more willing to take unnecessary medications.
According to Skinner's theory of language acquisition, an infant learns to say "ma-ma" in the presence of her mother because:
A) this association is genetically built into the language acquisition device. B) the mother is an unconditioned stimulus that elicits this unconditioned response. C) speaking the word is intrinsically reinforcing. D) mothers provide reinforcement for utterances that sound more and more like "ma-ma."
In a journal article, the researcher reported that statistically significant differences were found between the two groups in the study. This outcome from the investigation would be found in which sections(s) of the research article?
a. results b. introduction c. method d. all of these
Evan believes that Native Americans are wiser and more in touch with the land. This is an example of ______.
A. stereotype B. prejudice C. discrimination D. adaptive response