According to Seligman, a(n) _____ explanatory style can prevent learned helplessness from spreading to other aspects of life.
a. optimistic
c. radical
b. pessimistic
d. cynical
Question 2Which of the following phrases is most likely to be made by a person demonstrating learned helplessness?
a. The Lord willing and the creek don't rise, we'll have crops this year
b. If they can't do anything about this, then neither can I
c. I just hate going back to the same place and meeting the same people all over again
d. A wise person does not go back to a wishing well that has no luck
Question 3In the context of Seligman's study of learned helplessness in dogs, which of the following statements is true?
a. The first part of the experiment was based on a Freudian conditioning situation.
b. In the second part, the dogs displayed the required operant behavior by jumping over the low barrier in the box.
c. The learned reaction of the dogs in the first part generalized to the second part, even though a means of escape was available.
d. The dogs were being conditioned to associate a high-pitched sound with the smell of food.
Question 4According to Martin Seligman, a condition resulting from the perception that we have no control over our environment is called:
a. basic anxiety.
c. learned helplessness.
b. the Jonah complex.
d. depression.
Question 5In the context of personality differences in sensation seeking, high scores on the Sensation Seeking Scale correlate with a high degree of _____.
a. autonomy
c. neuroticism
b. variability
d. basic anxiety
Question 6High sensation-seeking scores correlate positively with _____, as described by Jung and measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
a. neuroticism
c. introversion
b. composure
d. extraversion
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