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ashley

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In studies of women with breast cancer, it appears that women who coped better made comparisons to others less fortunate than themselves. This is known as:
 
  a. compensatory thinking. c. upward social comparison.
  b. denial. d. downward social comparison.

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In a demonstration of the power of personality traits, Carver et al. (1993) showed that women with breast cancer who were high in _____ used more active coping, faced the disease, and had less distress.
 
  a. agreeableness c. optimism
  b. openness to experience d. extraversion


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ong527

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C


ashley

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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