Describe the basic features of personality resilience
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The student has some scope here, but a good answer would contain a definition and a bit of explanation. The textbook defines resilience as the ability to recover from tragedy, adversity, or hardship and the ability to adapt to ongoing life stressors. After an initial shock or adverse life event, some people succumb to the trauma, some people seem unaffected by it and the resilient ones are thrown off balance and then recover from it.
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The textbook takes the position that observed differences between minority and non-minority groups might be attributed to
a. biased tests. b. biased test administrators and academicians. c. unequal access to adequate education and stimulating experiences. d. inherent differences between the groups.
Studies of the effectiveness of teams at Google indicated the most successful teams had clear, consensual norms, but also high levels of:
a. intermember trust b. cohesion. c. rewards. d. psychological safety. e. interdependence.
According to equilibrium theory, if the group discussion begins to get intense, you will probably
a. move your chairs closer to one another. b. make less eye contact with one another. c. seek out and ostracize the most deviant member of your group. d. try to mark your territory in some way. e. feel more cohesive.
Summarize the evidence or lack thereof for the efficacy of physical exercise as a strategy to reduce anxiety and depression
What will be an ideal response?