Kaitlyn just filled her high school math test. She says to her self, "mom is going to be furious with me!" She will probably ground me, which means I won't be able to go to the prom. If I don't go to the prom, I will be a social outcast, and no one will talk to me. I'll never have any friends or find a partner and no one will ever love me!" This is an example of:


A. Cognitive restructuring
B. Catastrophizing
C. Post Trumatic stress disorder
D. The fight or flight syndrome


B. Catastrophizing

Psychology

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Kelly's initial clients were:

a. middle-aged women with severe depression. b. students who were referred by their teachers for counseling. c. emotionally disturbed soldiers during World War II. d. maladjusted patients in a psychiatric ward.

Psychology

Sara and Jeanette are roommates who are enrolled in the same English class. Both have just completed their research papers, and Sara wishes to have her paper proofread. Based on the research of Daneman and Stainton (1993), who would be more accurate in proofreading Sara’s paper?

A. Sara. B. Jeanette. C. Sara and Jeanette would be equally accurate. D. Proofreading is unnecessary if the pre-writing stage was completed effectively.

Psychology

When people in our society speak of the "acceptability" of grief, they usually mean

a. whether or not it is acceptable to the bereaved person b. whether or not it is acceptable to the dead person c. whether or not it is acceptable to the social group d. all of these e. none of these

Psychology

Perhaps the most well known sociocultural theory, the bioecological theory developed by Bronfenbrenner, was originally applied to childhood and then later to the entire lifespan

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Psychology