Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the hassles measure developed by Canadian researchers Fillion, Kohn, and associates (2001), used to assess the stressors faced by cancer?
a) It has been found to predict higher levels of anger, fatigue, and depression.
b) It is more precise and meaningful than past hassles measures.
c) One of its scales measures patients' degree of perceived social support.
d) One of its scales measures patients' body-image concerns.
c
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According to Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, which type of intellectual skill would be useful when trying to predict real-world adult success?
A. contextual intelligence B. experiential intelligence C. practical intelligence D. componential intelligence
A man who is on a diet loves desserts. When offered a dessert, the man will probably experience an ____ conflict.
A. approach-approach B. approach-avoidance C. avoidance-avoidance D. ambivalent-frustration
All of the following apply to programmed learning EXCEPT
a. errors are not punished. b. learning experiences are structured to include a few errors, so that people can learn from their mistakes. c. people work at their own pace. d. correct responses are reinforced.
Which fact does NOT support the idea that the amount of information that can be stored in short-term memory (STM) is determined by the number of chunks?
A) Organizing digits into larger numbers allows people to remember more digits at one time. B) There is a limit to the number of units of information that can be stored in STM at one time. C) Chunking can increase the amount of information people can place in STM. D) Individuals can remember more words from a list of single-syllable words than they can from a list of four- or five-syllable words.