In a Demonstration of the Power of Personality Traits, Carver

question 54

Multiple Choice

In a demonstration of the power of personality traits, Carver et al.(1993) showed that women with breast cancer who were high in ______ used more active coping, faced the disease, and had less distress.

• A)agreeableness
• B)optimism
• C)openness to experience
• D)extraversion

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Definitions:

Discounting

The practice of reducing the selling price of goods or services, typically to stimulate sales or clear out inventory.

Ego Psychologists

Ego psychologists study the role of the ego in development and the ways it adapts to reality, managing the conflicts between the id, ego, and superego as outlined in Freudian psychological theory.

Conscious Thought

The process by which individuals are aware of and can think about their thoughts, feelings, and beliefs.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.