One Limitation to the Positive Relationship Between a Sense of Control

question 97

Multiple Choice

One limitation to the positive relationship between a sense of control and resiliency is that

• A) setting control expectations too high can be harmful when outcomes are negative.
• B) a personal sense of control often predicts oversensitivity to the needs and feelings of others.
• C) it is much stronger in collectivist cultures than in individualistic cultures.
• D) it tends to disappear when a person opts for emotion-focused coping rather than problem-focused coping.

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Definitions:

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information that is presented first better than information that is presented later.

Stereotyping

is the act of categorizing individuals into groups and making assumptions about them based on generalizations.

Self-Serving Bias

A cognitive bias where individuals attribute positive outcomes to their own actions and negative outcomes to external factors.

Attribution

The process by which individuals explain the causes of their own and others' behaviors and outcomes.