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1. The tendency of mildly depressed people to make accurate rather than self-serving judgments is referred to as
2. “Explanatory style” refers to
 one’s habitual way of explaining life events.
the complexity of one’s persuasive arguments.
the pitch and speed with which one communicates.
whether one uses reason or emotion in debating an issue.
3. Which type of explanatory style is used when explaining life events in terms of factors that are stable, global, & internal?
positive
realistic
negative
repressive
4. Compared to depressed people, normal people
exaggerate their control of events around them.
readily accept responsibility for both success & failure.
have realistic perceptions of the good & bad things the future holds.
describe themselves with a fairly even mix of positive & negative qualities.
5. Which of the following attributions regarding a failure or a setback illustrates the global quality of a depressed person’s explanatory style?
“It’s all my fault.”
“It’s going to last forever.”
“The whole world is against me.”
“It’s going to affect everything I do.”
6. Which of the following best illustrates an internal attribution for a failure or setback?
“It’s all my fault.”
“I’ll never succeed.”
“This ruins everything.”
“The whole world is against me.”
7. In those vulnerable to depression, negative experiences first cause
a depressed mood.
further negative experiences.
self-focused & self-blaming thoughts.
blaming others for the negative experience.
8. According to self-presentation theory, we will feel social anxiety when we are
depressed.
in any situation in which we can be observed.
motivated & able to impress others, but they ignore us.
motivated to impress others but doubt our ability to do so.
9. Labeling oneself as shy, depressed, or under the influence of alcohol can serve what function?
anger-reducing
self-handicapping
group-identification
concurrence-seeking
10. Both assertiveness training & rational-emotive therapy are examples of psychotherapeutic techniques that
encourage changes in explanatory style.
utilize social support to change behavior.
use counter conditioning strategies.
utilize the attitudes-follow-behavior principle.
11. The vicious cycles that maintain depression, loneliness, & shyness can be broken by
positive experiences that alter self-perceptions.
training in more effective social skills.
changing negative thought patterns.
all of the above.
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Social Psychology
Robert C. Gates
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Self Test for Clinical Therapy - The Power of Social Cognition