Edward has a really difficult co-worker. They are constantly in conflict over how to use the limited resources in the office. Edward offers to take the co-worker out to lunch and over lunch, they discuss how they can manage their respective needs for the office resources with less conflict. Edward has used ____ coping
a. avoidant
b. emotion-focused
c. problem-focused
d. precontemplative
C
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In Milgram's (1963) study of obedience, subjects
a. were ordered to deliver painful electric shocks to a stranger. b. became the recipients of painful electric shocks delivered by an experimental accomplice. c. indicated which of three lines matched a "standard line" in length. d. were ordered to give consistently wrong answers to simple questions.
External stimuli or rewards which we desire and can motivate behavior are called:
a. needs c. incentives b. drives d. peripheral cues
Peter has to cancel a vacation with his wife because of work. He is stressed and worried about how his wife might react to the news when he gets home from work. He decides to go to a pub after work and gets drunk. In the context of coping with stress, Peter employs
A. emotion-focused coping. B. proactive coping. C. avoidant coping. D. problem-focused coping.
A psychologist is interested in finding the lifetime prevalence rate for substance abuse in the U.S. His main interest is in learning
A) the number of people who currently report substance abuse problems. B) the number of people who report substance abuse problems at any point in their lives. C) whether the number of people who report developing substance abuse problems has increased within the last year. D) if the rate of substance abuse is higher in adolescence than adulthood.