People who are extremely sensitive to emotional events tend to protect themselves from threatening thoughts through
a. encoding failure.
b. repression.
c. proactive interference.
d. retroactive interference.
B
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Research on nursing home residents found that by __________ they were significantly better off than those in the control group
a. denying of the problem so that one can maintain a sense of optimism. b. giving them control of various aspects of their day-to-day life. c. realizing that one has no control over the outcome and moving toward a stage of acceptance. d. giving them a monetary daily living allowance.
Little Lulu is a baby, and she is now more skilled at movements of her head than of her feet. This shows the
a. plasticity of development. b. consequences of catch-up growth. c. proximodistal trend in motor skills. d. cephalocaudal trend in motor skills.
Someone who is very independent, imaginative, and prefers variety is likely to be described by the trait
A) extraversion. B) openness to experience. C) conscientiousness. D) agreeableness.