List 2 things a person can do to overcome learned helplessness. (2 points)
What will be an ideal response
List 2 things a person can do to overcome learned helplessness. 2 points; 1 each for any 2 of the following:
- Doing things that show that you have control over what happens to you
- Being successful at something that required a little risk; stop at the top; doing things that show that effort can lead to achievement
- Take a risk in an area different from that in which the helplessness was learned
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a. The study cannot be fair because the United States has more European American women than Latina women. b. The study should have compared US Latina women with Latina women living in Latin America. c. The comparison-groups framework implies that European American women are normative, and the Latina women are a nonstandard group. d. The study would have to be longitudinal, which would take too many years to complete.
When helping a client, a psychologist should be and , which is difficult to do when emotional feelings are involved
a. unbiased; subjective b. unbiased; objective c. careful; unbiased d. abstinent; objective
You are typing a letter to your friend. Suddenly, an image of a car wreck pops up on your screen and you are startled by it. In this situation, the act of typing the letter is regulated by your ________, while your response of fear is regulated by your __
a. sympathetic division; parasympathetic division b. parasympathetic division; sympathetic division c. somatic nervous system; autonomic nervous system d. autonomic nervous system; somatic nervous system
Why is it dangerous to make conclusions based on case studies?
a. Case studies can provide little information about a disorder. b. Few patients are willing to be used as case studies. c. It is unethical. d. Conclusions based on so little data are likely to be flawed.