Tindle et al. (2009) research study of women demonstrated that women who scored high on optimism ____ in comparison to women who had hostile thoughts about others
a. engage in physical exercise
b. has a lower risk of developing heart disease
c. have an increased sense of competence
d. have decreased stress levels
b
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What distinguishes social psychology from other specialties in psychology is its
a. use of the scientific method in research design. b. emphasis on correlational research design. c. attention to the influence of situational context on behavior. d. willingness to consider cross-cultural differences in human behavior and cognition.
Donna is studying for her psychology test while watching TV and texting her friends. Donna is engaged in
a. proxemics. b. selective attention. c. experiential processing. d. reflective processing.
When a student does well on a test, she immediately takes the credit, saying that she did well because she studied hard or because she is a "brain."
When she does poorly, however, she blames the teacher for making up an "impossible" test or her roommates for interrupting her study. This student is demonstrating a. the fundamental attribution error. b. the Pygmalion effect. c. prejudice. d. the self-serving bias.
Irvin Yalom
A. is a prominent researcher of family therapies. B. believes an individual’s disorder is a by-product of his disturbed way of getting along with other people. C. suggests the application of a medical model for treatment of family-based disorders. D. advocates for the application of cognitive techniques in marital therapy.