Which of the following tend to meet problems head-on, actively cope with adversity, take better care of themselves, and are less stressed and anxious?

a. Type A personalities
b. Type C personalities
c. realistic pessimists
d. optimists


D

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The public health director of an urban area in the Southwestern U.S. has just presided over the opening of a new clinic that provide services for clients with panic disorder. She knows from the research that the clinic will probably serve ____

a. mostly Mexican Americans, as they are at a much higher risk than other groups b. a large portion of the community; the lifetime prevalence is roughly 12 percent c. twice as many women as men d. a diverse population without any other mental disorders

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The main reason why intelligent people earn much more money that do those with less intelligence is that they:

A) get more education. B) are more impatient. C) are poor at calculating risk. D) tend not to marry.

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For a within-subjects study comparing two treatments, A and B, a researcher expects that practice in the first treatment will improve the participants' scores in the second treatment. If the order of treatments is counterbalanced, then the practice will ____

a. influence scores in treatment A, but not in treatment B b. influence scores in treatment B, but not in treatment A c. influence scores in treatment A for half the participants and scores in treatment B for half the participants d. not influence the scores in either treatment condition because the treatments are counterbalanced

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