When Patrice first started her job, her coworkers believed that she was passive, soft-spoken, apprehensive, and unpolished. Now that she has been at her job for about two years, Patrice’s co-workers know her as being outgoing, assertive, well-educated, and pioneering. Walter Mischel might attribute the differences in Patrice’s expression of traits to
Answer: a trait-situation interaction
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Sam is highly relaxed. His blood pressure and heart rate are lower than usual. This relaxation response was most likely the result of activity in his
a. somatic nervous system. b. sympathetic nervous system. c. parasympathetic nervous system. d. central nervous system.
Which of the following brain areas was most likely damaged if a person loses his or her ability to understand jokes, irony, sarcasm, and the overall context in which something is said?
a. left hemisphere b. right hemisphere c. amygdala d. corpus callosum
Systematic desensitization
a. was developed by Meichenbaum. b. has proven similarly efficacious for mood and anxiety disorders. c. is based upon the principle that one cannot be simultaneously anxious and relaxed. d. all of the above
The biopsychosocial model assumes a diathesis-stress perspective. Explain this statement and provide an example to illustrate your understanding
What will be an ideal response?