Valerie is doing homework for her statistics class. When she checks the answer she has just calculated for the problem she has been working on, she finds it is incorrect. She is frustrated and tells her roommate, "I don't know why I'm even trying, I'll never catch on in this course. I should just give up now.". According to Albert Ellis, Valerie's statements reflect
a. defensive coping.
b. mental disengagement.
c. catastrophic thinking.
d. reality-based coping.
C
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The concept of personality most clearly embodies the notion of
A.
B.
C.
D.
According to Vygotsky, the process of taking external speech and activity and making it internal and mental is called
A) internalization. B) externalization. C) mediation. D) privatization.
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had feared when signing up) and that she has been challenged to improve her knowledge and abilities. Maryanne has developed something intrinsically rewarding called A) ?action capable. B) ?skill challenged. C) ?flow. D) ?a passing grade.
Many adventure sports, like snowboarding and parasailing, have become quite popular with many people. Which of the following partially accounts for this?
A) ?The processes of resensitization B) ?The opponent-process theory of emotion C) ?The processes of dishabituation D) ?Conditioned desensitization