According to Borkovec and colleagues, worry
a) serves as an avoidance mechanism.
b) is adaptive.
c) increases psychophysiological signs of arousal.
d) helps people remember traumatic images.
a
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Piaget argued that object permanence is fully developed at 18 months. Recent research has indicated that
a. Piaget's time estimate was right on. b. object permanence is actually developed at birth. c. awareness of object permanence is not apparent at birth but develops well before Piaget thought. d. object permanence actually develops around age two years.
A person who develops complex decision-making strategies, gains access to career-related information, and archives self-insight about career-related goals is said to have achieved
a. self-sufficiency. b. post conventional moral reasoning. c. conscientiousness. d. career maturity.
Angel is worried that her intrusive, unacceptable thoughts are signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Research suggests that ____
a. unless the thoughts are bizarre, she does not have the disorder b. she probably has the disorder because it is defined by intrusive thoughts c. she cannot have the disorder unless she engages in compulsive behaviors d. such thoughts are common unless they cause her discomfort or are uncontrollable
According to Davidson, a person who is able to ignore distractions and focus on information necessary to solve a problem is good at
a. selective assimilation. b. selective encoding. c. selective combination. d. selective comparison.