Which of the following best illustrates Seligman's view of optimism?
A) Jenny is a pleasant, sunny person who always has a smile and a warm greeting for everyone she meets.
B) Ivana believes she will do well in college because she has a high IQ and had an excellent college preparation program in high school.
C) When Keisha goes to the race track, she bets on gray horses because she had a gray pony when she was a child.
D) Although six banks rejected Will's application for a loan to start a computer software company, he persisted in his efforts to convince people that his computer operating system would revolutionize personal computing.
D
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b. Learning sign language early is okay only if the child is also learning spoken language. c. Learning sign language at first can be a bridge to spoken language later. d. Even a child with a severe hearing impairment can learn to speak by using the right schedule of reinforcement.
What percent of the population scores above 140 on IQ tests?
a. less than one-half of one percent b. two percent c. four percent d. six percent
A researcher who studies a fixed group of people over a long period of time is, by definition, using the __________ method
a. longitudinal b. correlational c. cross-sectional d. biographical study
The school of psychology called functionalism was strongly influenced by the pioneering work of ____________
a) Sigmund Freud. b) Gustav Fechner. c) Ernst Weber. d) Charles Darwin.