Research has determined that symbolic modeling therapy is more effective than participant modeling when treating phobias
a. true
b. false
Answer: b. false
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According to the discussion in Chapter 10, postpartum depression is
a. a short-lasting negative mood change that typically goes away within the first two weeks after childbirth. b. a disorder that occurs in approximately 10% of new mothers in Canada and the United States. c. a disorder that is found in Canada, the United States, and Europe, but is rarely reported in other countries. d. a disorder that is actually quite different from the kind of clinical depression that is found in women who have not recently experienced childbirth.
Which of the following is NOT one of the goals of psychology?
A. Describe B. Predict C. Evaluate D. Control
Research by Sweeny and Shepperd (2010) had students predicting their grades and measured their emotions during the prediction and after the actual grades were known. Their findings indicate:
A) Optimistic students remained positive and upbeat even when their actual scores were lower than they had predicted. B) Pessimistic students felt good about their accurate predictions and even showed positive emotions when predicting their own poor performance. C) Optimistic students reported more positive emotions when making their predictions and also felt much worse when their actual scores were lower than their predictions. D) Pessimistic students reported more negative emotions throughout regardless of their scores indicating that their attitude is not impacted by performance. E) Realistic students were the most positive, both when making predictions and viewing their grades, because their accuracy provided an emotional boost.
In the context of the infantile period, which of the following occurs during the latency period?
A. Adolescents give up autoeroticism and direct their sexual energy toward another person instead of themselves. B. Penis envy continues to linger in girls, and the vagina finally obtains the same status for them that the penis had during infancy. C. Boys see the female organ as a sought-after object rather than a source of trauma. D. Children form groups or cliques, an impossibility during the infantile period when the sexual drive was completely autoerotic.