By allowing them to master difficult challenges, such as mountaineering, white-water canoeing, and wilderness survival, the Outward Bound schools help to “immunize” people against which of the following?

a. idealism and maladaptive perfectionism.
b. learned helplessness and depression.
c. arrogance, individualism, and a lack of team spirit.
d. the use of reaction formation, projection, and rationalization.


Answer: b. learned helplessness and depression.

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a. the distribution and texture of hair on the head. b. later intellectual abilities and performance. c. the appearance of the face. d. the development of legs or arms.

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Which is the typical developmental path for self-esteem?

a. A decline in early childhood followed by an increase through adulthood
b. A decline in middle childhood until age 12 or 13 followed by an increase in adolescence
c. A steady increase in self-esteem from early childhood through adulthood
d. Low in early childhood, high in middle childhood, low in adolescence

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