The Significant Links Between Health and Such Constructs as Optimism

question 24

Multiple Choice

The significant links between health and such constructs as optimism, gratitude, resilience, and self-compassion validate the new and growing subfield of ______ psychology.

• A) clinical
• B) positive
• C) medical
• D) social

Understand the implications of brain damage in various areas on physiological and cognitive functions.

Understand the basic anatomy of the human brain and its functions.

Identify the roles of different brain lobes (frontal, occipital, parietal, temporal).

Distinguish between the central nervous system's major divisions.

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Definitions:

Observations

The action or process of closely monitoring or noting phenomena to gain information.

Variables

Elements, characteristics, or factors that can change and affect the outcome of a study or experiment.

Hawthorne Effect

Modification of behavior by study participants due to their awareness of being observed, highlighting the influence of observation on research outcomes.

Reactivity

The extent to which people alter their behavior or responses due to being observed or knowing they are being studied.