According to Seligman (1991), a non-depressive explanatory style is characteristic of

a. Type B personality.
b. optimism.
c. learned helplessness.
d. low self-efficacy.


b. optimism.

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A. medulla B. pons C. hippocampus D. thalamus

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If a small police department uses a cognitive ability test because a meta-analysis indicated cognitive ability is the best predictor of performance in the police academy, it is:

a. breaking the law b. using the Taylor-Russell method c. going to see a reduction in quality d. using validity generalization

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Prenatal development begins at

a. conception. b. 24 hours following conception. c. the fetal stage. d. birth. e. about 1 month after birth.

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What does a person who has cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening lung disease, have in common with a person who has a cleft chin?

a. They both received their condition from the genes passed from their mother. b. They both received their condition as a result of a dominant set of gene alleles. c. They both received their condition from a single gene pair. d. They both received their condition as a function of mitotic mutation.

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