What is the goal of anger management?
a. To reduce the feeling of anger and the physiological arousal that anger causes.
b. To create the ability to never feel anger again.
c. To turn anger directed outward to anger directed inward so that the consequences of anger are not as dire.
d. To convert physical acts of aggression when angry into passive-aggressive behavior.
Question 2Which of the following best describes the trend in tobacco use?
a. The rate of cigarette smoking continues to rise.
b. The rate of cigarette smoking has leveled off at about 20 of adults.
c. The rate of cigarette smoking has been declining steadily from 1965 to the present.
d. The rate of cigarette smoking has varied wildly over the past 50 years and shows no trend.
Question 3What does the family that never was mean?
a. There was no golden age of family life; disintegration of family values is a myth.
b. There was no time when families were economically more stable than today; blaming society's problems on economic stability is a myth.
c. The number of households with married couples and children under 18 has decreased.
d. Regardless of who is in the family group, the individuals provide physical, emotional, and mutual aid to members.
Question 4The actor-observer discrepancy is an example of which of the following?
a. An attribution bias.
b. A social category.
c. Cognitive dissonance.
d. Group polarization.
Question 5Why is it important to understand Sternberg's Triangle?
a. So that you can avoid the dance of intimacy.
b. So that you understand what a good relationship looks like.
c. So that you can apply the new golden rule.
d. So that you can understand the advantages and disadvantages of divorce.
Question 6Which of the following is TRUE of life cycle changes over the past 50 years?
a. We leave childhood later.
b. We take longer to become adults.
c. We're having babies sooner.
d. Middle age is shorter.
Question 7What is assertiveness?
a. Not expressing your needs or ideas when it would be beneficial to do so.
b. Trying to get what you want through sarcasm, insults, or put-downs.
c. Expressing your rights and feelings without violating the rights of others.
d. Putting another person's needs ahead of your own.