______ refers to a persistent, broad-spectrum belief in and anticipation of undesirable, negative, or damaging outcomes.
A. Self-enhancement
B. Optimism
C. Pessimism
D. Organization
Ans: C
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Emotional regulation refers to
a. an infant's attempt to understand the range of emotions they feel. b. a parent's attempt to decrease negative emotionality in their child. c. the ways in which young children control their emotions. d. a child who has overcome stranger anxiety.
While on an airplane, John completes a crossword puzzle in which interrupt, rude, and blunt are all answers. After landing, John gets in line to speak to someone at the ticket counter, but the ticket agent does not notice him because he is too busy talking with another employee. Research on priming suggests that John will be likely to
a. leave and get in line at another gate to ask his question. b. interrupt the ticket agent, whom he judges to be quite rude. c. wait patiently until the agent finishes his conversation. d. forget about asking his question and go look for something to eat.
A correlation coefficient indicates the __________ and the ___________ of the relationship between two variables
a. cause; effect c. strength; direction b. control; manipulation d. positive; negative
Following sexual abuse at the age of 15, Lynn forgets her name and identity, and runs away from home assuming a new identity. This is an example of:
a. dissociative amnesia c. dissociative identity disorder b. dissociative fugue d. catatonic schizophrenia