Question 1

Which of the following has been linked with a greater vulnerability to illness?

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A)   an anger-prone personality
B)   depression
C)   pessimism
D)   all of these choices.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 2

In comparison to those in Western cultures, depressed people in Japan are more likely to report feeling

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A)   guilt and self-blame over personal failure.
B)   shame over letting down their family or co-workers.
C)   sad about social problems such as poverty and discrimination.
D)   All of these choices.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 3

The vicious cycle of depression is usually triggered by negative experiences that lead directly to

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A)   self-focus and self-blame.
B)   depressed mood.
C)   further negative experiences.
D)   blaming others for the negative experience.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Dr. Jones is a psychologist who specializes in the causes and control of stress. Dr. Jones is most likely a(n)  _________ psychologist.

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A)   consumer
B)   educational
C)   forensic
D)   healthE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 5

You find out that Margaret, a woman who was a close friend of yours years ago in grade school, has just come out as a lesbian. When chatting with a friend about this news, you can both recall things Margaret did as a girl that indicated her emerging lesbianism. This might be an example of

Accepted Answer

A)   abreaction.
B)   hindsight bias.
C)   wish fulfillment.
D)   any of these choices are equally likely.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Greg just watched his baseball team badly lose a game. When asked to predict how he was going to perform later that evening during a card game, Greg most likely

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A)   thought his performance would be improved.
B)   thought his performance would be impaired.
C)   thought his performance would be the same as it usually is.
D)   thought his performance would be unaffected by his team's loss.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Within individualistic cultures, who is more likely to report greater life satisfaction?

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A)   individualists
B)   materialists
C)   those with a competitive approach to life
D)   those with a group-centred approach to lifeE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

Freudian therapists who expect to find evidence of early childhood traumas are likely to uncover such experiences among clients who are

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A)   gay males.
B)   victims of childhood sex abuse.
C)   healthy, successful adults.
D)   all of these choices.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 9

Compared to depressed people, normal people

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A)   exaggerate their control of events around them.
B)   have realistic perceptions of the good and bad things the future holds.
C)   readily accept responsibility for both success and failure.
D)   describe themselves with a fairly even mix of positive and negative qualities.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 10

Warr and Payne (1982)  asked British adults what had emotionally strained them and what had brought them emotional pleasure the day before. Their most frequent answers were _______ and _______, respectively.

Accepted Answer

A)   family; hobbies
B)   work; friends
C)   family; family
D)   work; familyE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 11

Maxwell, a first-year university student, suffers from chronic depression. After learning that he has performed poorly on his chemistry test, he is most likely to say,

Accepted Answer

A)   "The test was not a fair assessment of what I actually know."
B)   "My chemistry professor does not grade his tests fairly."
C)   "I'm incompetent and probably always will be."
D)   "I am sure most people did poorly on the test."E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 12

According to Martin Seligman's analysis of the attitudes that promote near-epidemic levels of depression in America, most of us feel that if we don't "make it" in today's world, we can blame

Accepted Answer

A)   our parents.
B)   the government.
C)   the alienation of the modern world.
D)   only ourselves.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

Which of the following statements is false?

Accepted Answer

A)   People more often seek treatment if they believe their symptoms have a physical rather than a psychological cause.
B)   Women are more often sick.
C)   Women are more likely than men to visit a physician.
D)   Men use fewer prescription and non-prescription drugs.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

Research by MacDonald and colleagues has found that ______________ can lead people to engage in dangerous social behaviours such as having unprotected casual sex.

Accepted Answer

A)   alcohol
B)   depression
C)   social anxiety
D)   the sadder-is-unwise effectE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 15

Explain socially constructed disorders and discuss with respect to premenstrual syndrome (PMS).

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Question 16

According to the text, professional clinical judgment is vulnerable to

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A)   illusory correlations.
B)   overconfidence bred by hindsight.
C)   self-confirming diagnosis.
D)   all of these choices.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Thinking negatively, which leads to a negative mood and consequently leads to negative behaviour defines

Accepted Answer

A)   the vicious cycle of depression.
B)   the negative explanatory style.
C)   pessimistic explanatory style.
D)   all of these choices.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 18

According to the text, an important implication of the research on illusory thinking is that

Accepted Answer

A)   intuition really has no legitimate place in doing science.
B)   the scientific method is the only legitimate way to answer significant human questions.
C)   research psychologists must test their preconceptions before propounding them as truth.
D)   the conventional wisdom is almost always wrong.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 19

Ginny was sexually abused as a child, but she has never told anyone. Robin was also abused, but she has been able to talk about it as an adult. According to research, Ginny is more likely to

Accepted Answer

A)   suffer from health problems.
B)   want psychotherapy.
C)   have been a firstborn child.
D)   seek out a large circle of supportive friends.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 20

A large Swedish study has found that, compared with unstressed workers, those with a history of workplace stress

Accepted Answer

A)   are better prepared to deal with stress in their family lives.
B)   tend to have a more pessimistic explanatory style.
C)   are at much greater risk of developing colon cancer.
D)   develop stronger immune defences.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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