In a demonstration of the power of personality traits, Carver et al. (1993) showed that women with breast cancer who were high in ______ used more active coping, faced the disease, and had less distress.
A. agreeableness
B. optimism
C. openness to experience
D. extraversion
Answer: B
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a) lowball b) door-in-the-face c) foot-in-the-door d) response cue
. Stimulants, including MDMA and cocaine, have the potential to cause substance-induced ___________during intoxication and both ___________ and ___________ symptoms at withdrawal
a. psychotic disorders; anxiety; depression b. eating disorders; anxiety; depression c. anxiety; depression; eating disorder d. post-traumatic stress disorder; psychotic disorder; anxiety
Studies on populations with schizophrenia and presenting with predominantly negative symptoms indicate:
A. significant higher ventricle : brain ratio B. an overall deterioration in IQ C. short-term memory disturbances D. deficits in higher-order reasoning E. no perceptual difficulties
In the biopsychosocial model proposed by the textbook's authors, health and disease outcomes flow DIRECTLY from
A) ?psychological factors. B) ?biological factors. C) ?sociological factors. D) ?all of these factors.