According to work by Carver and associates, a person who responds to stress by saying I've been refusing to believe that it has happened would score high on the coping subscale assessing:
a) Self-distraction
b) Restraint
c) Acceptance
d) Denial
Question 2Charbonneau and O'Connor's (1999 ) investigation of the depersonalization experiences of Montreal residents found that participants most commonly reported sensations like I feel as if I am floating away from reality as well as My body does
not feel like it belongs. These two statements, respectively, are characteristic of which pair of symptoms?
a) Dissociation; somaticism
b) Derealization; desomatization
c) Depersonalization; desomatization
d) Derealization; somatoform
Question 3In a study of the Cree Indians of James Bay, Kirmayer and his colleagues (2000 ) found the following to be protective factor(s) against mental illness:
a) Sending more time in the bush.
b) Spending more time with children of various ethnic origins.
c) Having aspirations to pursue a career outside of the Cree community.
d) To be politically active within the larger community.
Question 4The accumulation and tabulation of the overall results of several empirical studies into a combined investigation involves conducting:
a) A meta-analysis
b) A macro-analysis
c) A mega-analysis
d) A multi-analysis
Question 5Which style of coping is least effective among women diagnosed with breast cancer?
a) Avoidant
b) Active
c) Problem-focused
d) Use of social support
Question 6Dr. Scott McCabe and colleagues (2000 ) studied differences in cognitive processes by looking at attentional processes. This research found that:
a) Depressed individuals selectively attend to positive material
b) Depressed individuals selectively attend to negative material
c) Non-depressed individuals selectively attend to positive material
d) Non-depressed individuals do not selectively attend to either positive or negative material
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