Author Question: In positive psychotherapy, when a character strength is described as tonic it means the strength is ... (Read 124 times)

audragclark · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

In positive psychotherapy, when a character strength is described as tonic it means the strength is displayed:

a. in a limited number of circumstances.
b. only with certain individuals.
c. in almost all situations.
d. under periods of significant distress.

Question 2

Claude Steele and Joshua Aronson (2000) gave an exam to two mixed-race groups of students. The first group was told that the exam was a simple problem-solving exercise; the other group was told that their scores would show how smart they were. African American participants

a. Scored higher when told the test measured how smart they were
b. Scored higher when told that the exam was a simple problem-solving exercise
c. Received similar scores, no matter what they were told about the test
d. Female students in the group scored higher no matter what they were told about the test, but male students scored lower no matter what they were told about the test.