Hazel Markus and Paula Nurius believe that each of us harbors images of people we would most like to become and images of people we do not want to become. They called these images

a. possible selves.
b. ego ideals.
c. ego potentials.
d. organismic values.


A

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Laura is 17 and has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Her father often says to her, "You never tell me what's going on in your life. You keep secrets and therefore, make terrible mistakes in judgment. I want what's best for you, but you must change your attitude and start behaving like a human being!" The father's comments best illustrate which factor in schizophrenia?

a. diathesis-stress c. cognitive impairment b. expressed emotion d. double-bind communications

Psychology

In which of the following examples of two different brain-injured patients (Tom and Tim) is a double dissociation demonstrated?

a. Both Tom and Tim have good episodic memory but poor semantic memory. b. Tom and Tim both show deficits in episodic and semantic memory. c. Tom has good semantic memory and poor episodic memory, while Tim has good episodic memory but poor semantic memory. d. Both Tom and Tim have good semantic memory but poor episodic memory.

Psychology

According to psychologist Barbara Frederickson, the scope of one's attention is actually broadened by

a. positive emotions. b. negative emotions. c. habituation. d. perceptual sets.

Psychology

According to Ellis, which of the following develop(s) from the following three core ideas: you must treat me fairly; I must perform well and be approved of by significant others; and conditions must be the way I want them to be?

a. avoidance learning b. irrational beliefs c. cases of transference d. cases of meaninglessness

Psychology