You must study for two tests within the next eight hours. Both tests should require six hours of study time, which is four hours more than you have. You need to make a good grade on both tests. So, you begin studying for one test and then start thinking about the need to study for the other, so you switch to the other subject. You are experiencing vacillation due to a(n) __________ conflict
a. avoidance-avoidance
b. multiple approach-avoidance
c. approach-avoidance
d. approach-approach
B
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A. Heterosexuality B. Bicycling C. Homosexuality D. Painting
Dr. Jones examined people with and without depression and found that people with depression had more stressful life events. However, the data were later discarded because the investigator found that people with depression simply remembered more stressful life events than people without depression. This example shows the problem of in experiments
a. associations b. faulty analyses c. confounds d. dissociation
Of the following examples, who would be pursuing a dissertation research topic reflecting the contributions of Alfred Adler?
a. ?Megan, who is researching the extent to which men envy women’s roles and abilities b. ?Jonah, who is researching the relationships between the introversion–extroversion continuum and artistic creativity c. ?Logan, who is researching the level of self-actualization of adolescent children of immigrant parents d. ?Alexis, who is researching the effects of birth order on professional and financial success
In order to reduce catastrophic thinking, you must first learn
a. why other people are always causing problems. b. how to dispute the irrational assumptions that cause it. c. to scrutinize your reasoning process. d. how to detect catastrophic thinking.