You just received your ACT or SAT scores and they were low. Which explanation of the low scores is most likely to lead to depression?
a) "I was really tired the day I took the test."
b) "I'm stupid and will never make it in college."
c) "Those testing rooms are always uncomfortable."
d) "Standardized tests are too hard and they're not realistic."
B
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Research indicates that ethnic minority parents generally teach their children to be:
A) assimilated. B) separated. C) bicultural. D) ambivalent.
Indira comes from a traditional culture. For a while, she has been allowed to do the same things her brothers were allowed to do in regards to play and chores. Around what time period would her parents typically require her to do "women's" work?
a. early childhood b. middle childhood c. early adolescence d. adolescence
A person who is addicted to sedative drugs is incarcerated. Because sedatives are no longer available, the person experiences unpleasant arousal and agitation. Which term best describes this reaction?
a. A hallucination b. Withdrawal c. Euphoric high d. Agonism
Dominique had a car accident while driving over a bridge and thereafter developed an intense phobia of driving over bridges. In an effort to cure Dominique's phobia, a psychologist gradually motivated him to drive over bridges. After many sessions of having nonthreatening experiences while driving over bridges, Dominique's phobia was cured. This is an example of ________.
A. extinction B. backward conditioning C. stimulus generalization D. habituation