Question 1

Improvements achieved through changing thought or behavior patterns are most likely to endure if people

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A)  redesign their behavioral contexts.
B)  are required to report back to their therapist on a regular basis.
C)  attribute such changes to factors under their own control.
D)  recognize that success depends on a power beyond themselves.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 2

People are more likely to use sunscreen or get an HIV test when the message is

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A)  framed attractively in terms of the potential gain in doing so.
B)  framed negatively.
C)  highly arousing.
D)  framed in terms of shared goals.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

Married people are happier people,partly because they are less likely to suffer loneliness.Why else,according to the text,does marriage promote happiness?

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Question 4

Who is LEAST likely to feel anxious?

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A)  Vanessa who is eating by herself in a local diner.
B)  Uma who is giving a speech to a gathering of her professional peers.
C)  Jake who is going to his first school dance.
D)  Arnold who is having lunch with his boss.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Identify and explain two social-psychological principles that may be applied to the treatment of psychological difficulties.

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Question 6

Chapman and Chapman had college students and professional clinicians study the relationship between patients' test performances and diagnoses.They found that

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A)  if students or clinicians expected a particular association,they perceived it,regardless of whether the data was supportive.
B)  students and clinicians only saw relationships that were supported by the data.
C)  professional clinicians were more accurate than students in assessing relationships.
D)  students and clinicians only recognized positive relationships if the actual correlations were greater than 0.75.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 7

Research investigating the nature of the connection between explanatory style and health has shown that people who routinely use the pessimistic style

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A)  are more likely to experience illness.
B)  boost the morale of others via a contrast effect.
C)  also tend to be impulsive and resistant to influence.
D)  complain more but do not get sick more frequently than optimists.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Based on the author's personal postscript,describe at least five things you could do to enhance your own personal happiness.

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Question 9

Vanessa is a mildly depressed college student.Considering the research findings presented in the text on depression,she probably

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A)  suffers from the better-than-average phenomenon.
B)  assumes that her behavior is well accepted by others.
C)  demonstrates the sadder-but-wiser effect.
D)  is below average in intelligence.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 10

When faced with a difficult situation,short-term depression protects us by

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A)  slowing us up.
B)  redirecting our energy.
C)  reassessing the situation.
D)  All of the aboveE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Which of the following attributions regarding a failure or a setback illustrates the global quality of a depressed person's explanatory style?

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A)  "It's my fault."
B)  "It's going to last forever."
C)  "It's going to affect everything I do."
D)  "It's the same with everybody."E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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