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1

The main reason for resource depletion and global warming is
A)bad timing.
B)industrialization
C)population growth.
D)too many animals.
2

One reason for the global effects of deforestation and overfishing is the
A)net-zero-sum dilemma.
B)prisoners dilemma.
C)tragedy of the commons.
D)adaptation-level phenomenon.
3

In poor countries _____ but in wealthy countries _____.
A)money doesn't predict happiness; it does.
B)money predicts happiness; the correlation diminishes.
C)the number of offspring predicts happiness; it doesn't.
D)age predicts happiness; it does as well.
4

Compared to 1957, Americans today are twice as rich
A)and ten times happier.
B)and five times happier.
C)and twice as happy.
D)but only 30% rate themselves as happy.
5

Ryan and Kasser conclude that people who strive for _____ experience a higher quality of life.
A)intimacy and personal growth.
B)material things.
C)money and success.
D)fame and glory.
6

People who identify themselves with _____ report fewer positive moods compared with those who identify themselves with _____.
A)emotional needs; materialistic needs.
B)stimulation; passivity.
C)materialistic needs; emotional needs.
D)optimism; pessimism.
7

If you constantly get A's in classes and then get a B, you are upset. This is due to
A)relative deprivation.
B)the mirror-image effect.
C)the cost-of-living phenomenon.
D)the adaptation-level phenomenon.
8

When your expenditures rise to meet income it is due to
A)relative deprivation.
B)the mirror-image effect.
C)the adaptation-level phenomenon.
D)the cost-of-living phenomenon.
9

Comparing ourselves with others who are better-off is
A)lateral comparison.
B)upward social comparison.
C)the mirror-image effect.
D)downward social comparison.
10

Constantly comparing yourself with people on televisionand in the movies
A)might result in a feeling of relative deprivation.
B)is called downward social comparison.
C)might result in a feeling of optimism.
D)is called lateral comparison.
11

After viewing people who are worse off, many people feel good about themselves. Thus, _____ has an upside.
A)downward social comparison.
B)the mirror-image effect.
C)upward social comparison.
D)lateral comparison.
12

After watching a television program about twenty-somethings living in great apartments, driving great cars, and having great lives, a twenty-something feels her life is unsatisfying. This is due to
A)the mirror-image effect.
B)upward social comparison.
C)lateral comparison.
D)downward social comparison.
13

An optimal state in which, absorbed in activity, we lose consciousness of self and time is called
A)flow.
B)ebb.
C)tide.
D)surreal.







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