According to Information Presented in the Textbook, Researchers Found That

question 38

Multiple Choice

According to information presented in the textbook, researchers found that in order to feel more optimistic about their own futures, cancer patients engage in __________.

• A) upward social comparison
• B) impression management
• C) reconstructive memory
• D) downward social comparison

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Definitions:

Personality Disorders

Mental disorders characterized by rigid and unhealthy patterns of thinking, functioning, and behaving.

Psychotic Disorders

A group of mental disorders characterized by abnormal thinking and perceptions, including delusions and hallucinations, leading to a disconnect from reality.

Anxious Distress

A condition characterized by worry and tension, often as a reaction to an environment perceived as uncontrollable or unavoidable.

Chronic Depressive Disorder

A persistent form of depression characterized by a depressed mood more days than not, for at least two years.