In which of the following situations would you use emotion-focused coping instead of problem-focused coping?
a. When you are trying to influence the behavior of a difficult co-worker.
b. When you are trying to make working conditions better in a job setting.
c. When you are thinking of strategies to motivate yourself to get work in on time.
d. When you are trying to manage the emotional distress resulting from a natural disaster.
D
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Which technique provides useful information when there are small changes from one treatment condition to another, when simulations are used or when a placebo is used?
a. random selection b. random assignment c. no-treatment controls d. manipulation checks
Which pair of phobias has the most in common?
a) acrophobia and frigophobia b) acrophobia and musophobia c) ailurophobia and cynophobia d) entomophobia and logophobia
According to research, who is most likely to have the highest self-esteem?
A) Sergi, who puts a great deal of importance on the fact that he is a "jock" B) Simon, who doesn't really care that his peers call him "popular" C) Sandra, who puts a great deal of important on being called a "nobody" D) Suki, who doesn't really care that her peers refer to her as a "normal"
Habituation refers to the process in which infants ___
a. lose interest in an object that they have seen over and over again b. orient their attention toward a bright flash of light or a sudden loud noise c. look longer at one of two stimuli in a visual display d. increase the frequency of a behavior when they receive reinforcement for doing so