In therapy, a psychologist tries to convince a depressed woman that her actions do affect the environment and that even though uncontrollable events happened in the past, they need not happen again. This therapist is making use of principles from ____
a. psychodynamic theory c. the biogenic theory of depression
b. learned helplessness theory d. the cognitive triad
B
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Josie, age 16, and Hanna, age 28, are pregnant. Who is more likely to receive prenatal care throughout the pregnancy?
A. The women are equally likely to receive prenatal care. B. Josie is more likely to receive prenatal care. C. Hanna is more likely to receive prenatal care. D. Neither woman will likely receive prenatal care.
Which is true of only children relative to children with siblings? a. They are more likely to be "spoiled brats."
b. They are more selfish. c. They are more egotistical. d. They are smarter and more mature.
A psychologist gives several personality tests to a group of participants. When sifting through her data, she is surprised to find that people born in the summer have a slightly higher (but statistically significant) need for Achievement than those born in the winter. She concludes that exposing children to the stimulation of the outdoors during the first few months of life (as the summer born
children were) results in a higher need for Achievement when the children become adults. What might we conclude from this? A. The hypothesis needs to be tested with a controlled lab study. B. The hypothesis has not been tested because the researcher explained the findings after seeing the results. C. The hypothesis is supported with these data, but probably should be replicated to see if it generalizes to other samples. D. The hypothesis is useless because it cannot be tested.
Chi is from an Asian culture. We can expect him to be less likely to express which emotion when compared to a person in North America?
a. anger b. happiness c. curiosity d. fear