Ryan Was Disappointed When He Was Rejected in His First

question 54

Multiple Choice

Ryan was disappointed when he was rejected in his first attempt to get admitted to a very prestigious engineering program. Despite this setback, he told his friends that he thought he would have a better chance next time, especially if he took some additional qualifying courses and raised his grade point average. Martin Seligman would say that Ryan has a(n) :

• A) confrontive coping style.
• B) Type A behavior pattern.
• C) pessimistic explanatory style.
• D) optimistic explanatory style.

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Definitions:

Intrinsic Reward

A type of motivation that comes from within an individual, driven by personal satisfaction or the joy of performing an activity itself.

Gender Identity

One’s psychological sense of being female, male, or somewhere in between.

James-Lange Theory

A theory of emotion that suggests emotions occur as a result of physiological reactions to events.

Ventromedial Nucleus

A nucleus within the hypothalamus of the brain that regulates metabolism, including hunger and satiety signals.