Amy's mother-in-law is always critical of Amy when she comes to visit. Amy realizes that nothing she can say will change her mother-in-law's opinion of her. So, Amy has learned to not let her mother-in-law's comments sadden or anger her by taking a deep breath, smiling, saying "okay" and then forgetting the comment. Amy is using which coping strategy?
a. learned helplessness
b. emotion-focused coping
c. problem-focused coping
d. passive aggression
B
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Which of these helps explain the early failures to teach chimpanzees to talk? a. Chimpanzees are not interested in the same things that humans are
b. The psychologists trying to train the chimpanzees used insufficient reinforcements. c. Chimpanzees hear sounds higher than the human range. d. Chimpanzees are unable to make human sounds.
An analysis of 26 longitudinal studies by Lansford et al. (2012) found that mild spanking was about as effective as other discipline methods that did not use spanking, such as verbal reminders and time-outs. The researchers argued that past results showing an association of spanking with problem behavior in children __________.
A. were correlational and therefore invalid B. were cross-sectional rather than longitudinal and therefore could not draw conclusions about the outcomes of spanking C. included some families that used more severe spanking, and it is only in those families that negative outcomes of spanking are found D. were conducted with mentally ill parents, and the children's poor behavior could have been inherited
Dr. Donal has participants draw number slips from a hat to determine in which experimental condition they are placed. This is one way to improve internal validity.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
According to recent research, which factor is a neural correlate of PTSD?
A) a larger-size hippocampus B) a larger-size thalamus C) increased activity in the amygdala D) increased activity in the medial prefrontal cortex