Research Using Holmes and Rahe's Social Readjustment Rating Scale Found

question 205

Multiple Choice

Research using Holmes and Rahe's Social Readjustment Rating Scale found that

• A)agoraphobics' symptoms were reduced when their spouses provide encouragement and support.
• B)a measure of social skills was related to criminals' recidivism rate.
• C)cognitive therapy led to improvements in learning disabled students' self-concept.
• D)health problems were related to the significance of a stressful events in a person's life.

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Definitions:

Stereotyping

Assigning a fixed, generalized idea or identity to individuals based on their membership in a particular group, often leading to prejudgment.

Duplex Mind

The concept that the human mind operates on two levels: automatic, intuitive processing, and deliberate, rational thought.

Automatic System

Part of the cognitive system that is fast, unconscious, and requires minimal effort, as opposed to the effortful, conscious processing system.

Deliberate System

The deliberate system, in psychological theory, refers to one of two systems of thinking: slower, more rational, and conscious thought processes that require effort and deliberation.