Exam 1: Welcome to Positive Psychology

A) Parents can use positive psychology techniques to bring out the best in their children.
B) Positive psychology can be used to reduce the incidence of severe psychiatric disturbances such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
C) Society will be able to increase the ratio of people who are effective rather than ineffective.
D) positive psychology can help reduce unfair competition that results in wastefulness.

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A) The positive psychology movement has been active in growing for nearly 50 years.
B) Positive psychology movement is well-established as a field and psychology.
C) Positive psychology's real test is whether students will be drawn to the area.
D) Positive psychology is an area that has seen little growth in recent years.

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A) the importance of achievement to well-being
B) the things in life that make it worthwhile
C) an emphasis on more positive ways to raise children
D) the value of encouraging racial harmony

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A) decision makers.
B) similar to adults, but less mature.
C) overwhelmed by modern society.
D) unable to control their own lives.

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A) Haste makes waste.
B) A winning effort begins with preparation.
C) The early bird gets the worm.
D) Good things come to those who wait.

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A) Differentiating between normal and abnormal people and documenting the number of abnormal people
B) Development of reliable descriptors of strengths and discovery of effective heath promotion strategies
C) Encouraging research on "what is right with people" and discovery of effective treatments of mental illnesses
D) Development of reliable psychiatric diagnoses and discovery of effective treatments of mental illnesses

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A) 15^th century Florence, Victorian England, and the Industrial Revolution.
B) 15^th-century Florence, Victorian England, and the rise of colonialism
C) fifth century Athens, 15^th century Florence, and the Industrial Revolution.
D) fifth century Athens, 15^th-century Florence, and Victorian England

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D

A) increase secondary rates of prevention.
B) increased the number of professionals involved in prevention programs.
C) identify the best practices in prevention.
D) increase the availability of prevention programs to poor people.

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A) Martin Seligman
B) Robert Kennedy
C) Abraham Maslow
D) Mahatma Gandhi

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A) research into the cause and treatment of mental illnesses was increased.
B) more beds were made available for inpatient treatment of mental illness.
C) an increase in pharmaceuticals helped improve the quality of life of patients in mental hospitals.
D) people with mental illness began to feel less stigmatized than they had previously.

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A) Martin Seligman.
B) Abraham Maslow.
C) Carl Rogers.
D) Karen Horney.

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A) positive qualities are difficult to measure.
B) researchers have not yet developed the science of studying positive psychology
C) weaknesses are easier to identify the strengths.
D) positive psychology is a nice concept, but not very scientific.

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A) the Western perspective.
B) focusing only on the negative.
C) focusing only on the positive.
D) all of the above are potential areas of bias.

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A) We can create an atmosphere in which people strengths are routinely considered along with their weaknesses.
B) we can implement a culturally competent psychology that balances positive approaches against pathological orientations.
C) we can create an environment when school-age children and youth are valued as much for their personal strengths as for their scores on exams.
D) We can help reduce the amount of stress that people experience in their everyday lives.

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A) Evolution is a mechanistic view of human nature that is counterproductive to developing a positive psychology.
B) Evolution is an unproven view of human development and should be approached with great caution.
C) Evolution is an important consideration in the context of a variety of topics.
D) The role of evolution and human psychology is minimal at best.

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A) it is important to focus only on the good in the world.
B) we should focus on both the good and the bad equally.
C) those who focus on the negatives are poor scholars and scientists.
D) focusing on only the good or the bad is an incomplete way to portray humankind.

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A) The thoughts that regulate our daily lives are largely the result of conditioned responses.
B) Our everyday thoughts are largely a reflection of the world around us.
C) Our everyday thoughts are largely outside the realm of personal control.
D) We are the authors of daily scripts that largely determine our actions.

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