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 c. optimism
b. openness to experience d. extraversion
C
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Exemplars are to ____ as prototypes are to ____.?
a. ?elements that stand out; subtle elements b. ?actual examples; typical members c. ?similarities; differences d. ?natural concepts; formal concepts
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.
Experiments in which coloured targets are masked by colour noise suggest:
a. Colours on the cardinal axes are the best maskers b. Colours on the cardinal axes have no special status as maskers c. Targets composed of colours on the cardinal axes are easiest to identify d. None of the above
Laws that require health insurers to provide the same level of coverage for mental health care as for physical care are
a. referred to as mental health parity laws.. b. already on the books in all 50 states and Canada. c. will undoubtedly increase insurance costs to employers. d. have been tried and shown to be ineffective in containing health care costs.