In a six month study of elders living in Philadelphia a. those ...

[V@ndy87]

In a six month study of elders living in Philadelphia
 
  a. those with an optimistic explanatory style showed fewer symptoms of depression.
  b. those with a pessimistic explanatory style showed fewer symptoms of depression if a negative event occurred in the six month period.
  c. those with an optimistic explanatory style showed fewer symptoms of depression if a negative event occurred in the six month period.
  d. optimists and pessimists displayed an equal number of symptoms of depression if a negative event occurred in the six month period

Question 2

Seligman and his colleagues devised the Penn Resiliency Program (PRP). This program is used as a research tool and is designed for college students to
 
  a. learn about the benefits of an optimistic explanatory style and the dangers of a pessimistic style
  b. reverse their explanatory style from pessimistic to optimistic or from optimistic to pessimistic.
  c. change their optimistic explanatory style into a more pessimistic one
  d. change their pessimistic explanatory style into a more optimistic one.

[Zebsrer]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: b: those with a pessimistic explanatory style showed fewer symptoms of depression if a negative event occurred in the six month period.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d: change their pessimistic explanatory style into a more optimistic one.

[V@ndy87]

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[ghepp]

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