Bethany's Boyfriend Has Just Broken Up with Her

question 16

Multiple Choice

Bethany's boyfriend has just broken up with her. At first she is heartbroken, thinking that she has lost the perfect man. As the weeks go by, she realizes that there were negative things about the relationship that she had not acknowledged. Eventually she comes to see the breakup as an opportunity rather than a disaster. Bethany is engaging in ____________, which research suggests will ____________.

• A) rumination; change neural processing of emotion
• B) rumination; change patterns of physiological arousal
• C) cognitive reappraisal; change patterns of physiological arousal
• D) cognitive reappraisal; change neural processing of emotion

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Definitions:

Direct Write-off Method

A method where uncollectible accounts receivable are written off directly against income at the time they are deemed to be uncollectible.

Uncollectible Accounts

Accounts receivable deemed uncollectible by a business, representing money owed by customers that is unlikely to be paid and usually written off as an expense.

Expense Recognition Principle

An accounting guideline stating that expenses should be recorded in the same period as the revenues they help to generate.

Direct Write-off Method

An accounting method for uncollectible receivables where the specific account's balance is directly removed from accounts receivable.