The various parenting styles that are discussed in the text are distinguished from each other primarily according to the degree that parents exhibit:
a. warmth and control
b. punishment and reinforcement
c. androgen versus gender-role stereotypes
d. love and liking
a
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Compared to married couples, people who are divorced
a. suffer a higher incidence of physical illness. b. suffer a higher incidence of psychological problems. c. have lower levels of happiness. d. experience all of these.
The term cognition refers to:
a. committing newly encountered facts to memory b. the activities that underlie all forms of thought c. developing new patterns of problem solving through maturation d. the development of new behaviors through reinforcement
Your intro psych professor asks the class to form groups and make up a questionnaire that would assess whether people typically use problem-focused or emotion-focused coping strategies when encountering stress. Of the following possible items, which one best measures emotion-focused coping?
A. When you are upset after a fight with your spouse, do you call your friends for support? B. When you get an unexpected low grade, do you go see the professor? C. When you are stressed about a big paper due next week, do you plan out a schedule? D. When you and a friend disagree on something important, do you try to seek a compromise?
The text discusses which of the following as a strategy for conveying status and power?
A) flattery B) cutting off reflected failure C) self-promotion D) self-handicapping