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1

Martin Seligman maintains that schizophrenia is the result of learned helplessness.
A)True
B)False
2

People with a strong sense of self-efficacy are less anxious and depressed.
A)True
B)False
3

Those who see themselves as externally controlled are more likely to wear seat belts and practice birth control.
A)True
B)False
4

Compared to people with low self-esteem, those with high self-esteem are less troubled by ulcers and insomnia.
A)True
B)False
5

Prisoners given some control over their environments exhibit fewer health problems and commit less vandalism.
A)True
B)False
6

Extreme ethnocentrists tend to have lower than average self-esteem.
A)True
B)False
7

Nursing home residents are happiest when they do not have to take responsibility for routine everyday decisions that affect their lives.
A)True
B)False
8

According to the text, the healthiest attitude mixes pessimism with realism.
A)True
B)False
9

An internal locus of control refers to the perception that one controls one's own fate.
A)True
B)False
10

Bandura believes that self-efficacy grows primarily by self-persuasion.
A)True
B)False





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