Which statement BEST describes the effects of optimism on health?
A) Optimism directly improves physical, but not psychological, health.
B) Optimism directly improves physical and psychological health.
C) Optimism maintains psychological health in the face of a physical health problem.
D) Optimism promotes psychological health in the absence of a physical health problem.
C) Optimism maintains psychological health in the face of a physical health problem.
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a. ?scripts b. ?heuristics c. ?propositions d. ?syllogisms
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A) A; probabilities B) A; frequencies C) B; probabilities D) B; frequencies
In operant learning, the word contingency usually refers to the degree of correlation between a behavior and a consequence
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A) authoritarian B) authoritative C) indulgent-permissive D) indifferent-uninvolved