Dominque broke her leg right before she was to go on spring break with her friends. "It figures," she says. "Things like this always happen to me exactly when they shouldn't. That's just the way it is." This is an example of __________
a. truth-telling
b. pessimistic explanatory style
c. optimistic explanatory style
d. practical realism
Answer: B
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____________ is one of the worst counterfeit listening styles because one defensive response can trigger a downward spiral of increasingly negative communication.*
a. Stage-hogging b. Selective listening c. Defensive listening d. Critical listening
Erin is eight weeks pregnant with her first child. She wonders what her developing child looks like. You tell her that her developing child resembles a
a. hollow ball. b. salamander more than a human being. c. human being complete with eyes, jaw, arms, and legs, but no sex organs. d. human being complete with functional lungs and sex organs.
To use controlled thinking, we need all of the following EXCEPT
a. superior intelligence. b. motivation. c. time. d. mental capacity.
The weapon focus effect is __________
a. when the presence of a weapon causes you to retrieve violence-related memories b. the inability to focus on a weapon present in a scene because it is so aversive c. the inverse of tunnel memories d. poorer memory for other event details when a weapon is present