psychology of adjustment test 3

____ involves a persons judgement that his or her goals can be achieved and ___ refers to beliefs that successful plans can be crafted to reach the goal

agency; pathways.

Vinnie dislikes leaving his home and has gradually become more fearful whenever he has to go somewhere. Lately, he has decided to have his groceries delivered and do all his work online. Vinnie may be suffering from

agoraphobia

which of the following is NOT considered an essential element of reducing intergroup hostility through cooperative interdependence?

assigning specifically titles or names to each group

even though she. does not even like the particular genre of music, Jane told all of her friends that the winner of American idol was from her hometown. Jane was using the method of self-enhancement known as ____

basking in reflected glory

how has confirmation bias contributed to an increasingly polarized political system in the US?

bc people selectively seek out information that supports their beliefs and have poorer recall for counter-attitudinal information, they become more extreme in their views

people generally believe that they are better than their peers at many tasks. what is this called?

better than average effect

Ernest is deeply sad. he does not eat much, does not seem to want to take care of himself, and believes his life work is useless. you think this is strange bc several weeks ago, Ernest was very excited about his life. he talked about suddenly deciding to write a book and even seems to stay up and entire week writing. Ernest probably has

bipolar disorder

in her TED talk about optimism, Tail Sharot says that optimists (compared to pessimists)

both options

______ involves disturbed body image and dangerous efforts to loose weight (purging), but weight usually remains relatively stable

bulimia nervosa

all of the following are dimensions of the. attributional process except:

cognition vs affect

_____ occurs when people yield to social pressure in their public behavior, even though their private beliefs have not changed

compliance

using a medical model of abnormal behavior

conceptualized abnormal behavior as a disease

which of the following disorders features the coexistence in one person of two or more largely complete, and usually very different, identities or personalities?

dissociative identity disorder

this is the tendency to explain others behavior as a function of dispositional, rather than situational factors.

fundamental attribution error

sal ______ and ______. this reflects a situation in which prejudice is present but discrimination is not.

harbors negative feelings towards his African American customers; lets then buy pizza from him

all of the following increase the likelihood of obedience except:

having full personal responsibility for your actions

which of the following is true of self-esteem?

high self-esteem is more common in individualistic cultures

when should you use the peripheral (rather than central) route to persuasion ?

if the audience doesn't have the motivation or ability to understand a complicated argument

which of the following is NOT a criterion for abnormal behavior?

inconsistent behavior

what kind of attribution are we most likely to make about a person who does something bad?

intentional

all of the following are environmental risk factors for depression in college student except:

joining clubs related to your interests

based on the video of Howie Mandels experience with OCD, which of the following criteria for abnormal behavior would he likely fit?

meets all criteria

which test is commonly used to determine whether animals (including baby humans) have a self-concept?

mirror test

as a consequence of categorization, we tend to view outgroup members as more alike than they really are. what is this called?

outgroup homogeneity effect

People who attribute their setbacks to internal, stable, and global factors are exhibiting a(n) _____________ explanatory style.

pessimistic

Jerry is terrified of snakes and refuses to read nature books to his son if there are pictures of snakes. He is probably suffering from

phobic disorder

hallucinations and delusions are classified as _____ of schizophrenia

positive symptoms

many people experience great loss (e.g., family, friends, cherished possession) after a natural disaster. this stress may lead some to mental healthy issues, but others feel that they learn from the experience and actually become an even Better person. this latter phenomenon is called:

posttraumatic growth

we discussed conformity in Asch's line study and Milgram's obedience study. considering the different between informational (internal) conformity and normative (external) conformity, how would you characterize the conformity most often found in these studies?

primarily normative influence in both Asch study and Milgram study

____ is a positive trait that is a person's ability to recover (to baseline) following some traumatic life event.

resilience

which of the following groups of psychological disorder is characterized by irrational thinking, poor reality contact, disturbed emotion, and hallucinations?

schizophrenic disorders

the process whereby expectations about a person cause the person to behave in ways that confirm the expectation is called

self-fulfilling prophecy

the tendency to sabotage your own performance to provide an excuse for possible failure is called

self-handicapping

at a job interview, you provide a lengthy list of your strengths and accomplishments, and your (soon-to-be) new boss is impressed. which impression management strategy have you used?

self-promotion

what is the different between self-regulation and self-control ?

self-regulation is the process of anticipating self-control challenges and proactively avoiding them, while self-control is the active inhibition process when the challenge arises

____ are assessments of others that are made quickly, automatically, and. on the basis of only a few bits of information.

snap judgements

With the self-presentation strategy of ______, people try to present themselves as weak and dependent in order to get favors from others.

supplication

supposed a political candidate makes a change to his message in order to include more recent scientific data. which of the following persuasion tactics is he MOST likely using?

taking the central route to persuasion

all of the following are elements of persuasion except;

technology

in chapter 16 on positive psychology, your textbook provides 4 strategies for boosting your own happiness. which of the following is NOT one of these strategies?

telling a self-deprecating joke

which of the following is the usual result. when white participants play the shoot game that we played?

they are less likely to shoot armed white men and more likely to shoot unarmed black men

which type of self-esteem is generally measures in studies?

trait self esteem

which of the following is NOT one of the three types of self-perceptions people have that make up their self-concept?

unrealistic

which of the following is NOT a source of self-efficacy?

upward social comparison

what characteristics of our public selves can be problematic?

when they are very different from each other

we often hear that it is especially important to make a good impression. would psychological research agree? why or why not?

yes, bc your first impression biases the way that person will interpret any additional information about you in the future.

according to the ego-depletion model, if you use self-control resources to resist temptation now....

you may have a hard time resisting the next temptation