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What was one of the main concerns with the original Social Readjustment rating scale proposed by Holmes and Rahe? |
The scope of the items was too narrow and overlooked certain challenges in life faced only be certain populations, such as visible minorities. |
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what is the difference perceived control and self-efficacy? |
Perceived control refers to the belief that someone can influence their own environment to shape their future outcomes, whereas self-efficacy refers to the belief in one’s ability to carry out the necessary actions that produce desired outcomes. |
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Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding self-efficacy?
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All things considered, self-efficacy usually has little effect in major interventions such as smoking cessation efforts.
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In what situation is learned helplessness most likely to occur?
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When someone attributes a negative event to stable, internal, and global factors.
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Your T. A., Hiten, was given feedback by a supervisor for one of his presentations. He was told that his speaking style is non-engaging, uninspiring, and monotone. He starts to think that he has always been a poor speaker, and probably could not even deliver a basic speech. Perhaps his true talents lie in non-verbal professions…like being a mime. Which of the following attributions is Hiten making?
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Stable, internal, and global attributions.
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Consider the same example in the above question. Hiten instead thinks that his supervisor is probably just being intentionally critical this one time to motivate him to do better. He understands that not everyone can be a master orator, but also acknowledges some flaws in his presentation style that can be corrected for next time. Which of the following attributions is he making?
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Unstable, external, and specific attributions.
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Which of the following statements about social support is most accurate?
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Social support is most effective when it is responsive and attentive.
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Jimmy has acknowledged that he has a drug problem and needs to get treatment. This would place him in the ______________ stage of Prochaska & DiClemente’s Transtheoretical States of Change Model.
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Contemplation
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The least effective type of social support tends to be
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Informational support
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According to the “uses and gratifications” explanation of the effects of violent media:
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he same violent movie will have different effects on different viewers.
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Quasi-experimental research involving the introduction of TV stations in North American cities suggests that:
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TV promotes aggressive behavior
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Research involving young male participants who played floor hockey after being exposed to a violent TV segment demonstrated that violent media produce:
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. short-term increases in aggressive behavior
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As discussed in the media chapter, during the mid- to late 1980s, what relationship existed between media coverage of drugs and the public’s concerns about the drug problem in the U.S.?
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Media coverage of the drug problem preceded the public’s concern.
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People have a difficult time explaining how to do something they do automatically (e.g., driving a car, or brushing teeth) because:
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The knowledge for well-learned automatic tasks is procedural.
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A student named Kayleigh introduces herself to her professor after class. The professor would be least likely to remember Kayleigh’s name if she had tried to memorize it by using:
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Maintenance rehearsal
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Which of the following is not one of the dimensions of the Mixed/Blended Model of Emotional Intelligence?
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Hardiness
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