Exam 14: Preventing the Bad and Promoting the Good

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In the book The Optimistic Child, Martin Seligman shows teachers and parents how to teach children the necessary skills to diminish depression and enhance self-esteem. What have these strategies been found to improve?

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Question 61

The process of savoring include which of the following?

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Question 62

What is the overall goal of hope therapy?

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Question 63

Collins and Dozois site all of the following as active ingredients in the change process EXCEPT

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Question 64

Which of the following is associated with citizens perception of government blockages of goal pursuit activities?

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Question 65

According to Durlak and Wells, how much better off were adolescents who participated in programs for behavioral and social problems?

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Question 66

Distinguish between primary and secondary preventions and primary and secondary enhancements and give an example from your own life that applies to each of these four concepts. In other words, discuss some of the behaviors you engage in to stop the bad and promote the good.

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Question 67

Which of the following presents the greatest difficulty in defining what a good therapeutic outcome is?

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Question 68

Martin Seligman conducted research aimed at finding interventions that are effective as primary enhancements. He had four conditions: (1) the control group; (2) the gratitude group; (3) the three good things in life group, and; (4) the character strengths group. What did Seligman find?

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Question 69

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Chicago Urban Resiliency Building Program?

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Question 70

What is a characteristic of a flow experience?

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Question 71

Describe the differences between primary and secondary enhancements. Provide examples of both types of enhancements. Discuss the benefits and caveats.

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Question 72

Child immunizations are an example of

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Question 73

Which of the following statements about depression and the elderly is true?

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Question 74

What is the purpose of secondary enhancements?

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Question 75

"The indulgence of pleasure and the satisfaction of appetites and needs" is the definition of which term?

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Question 76

How does hope therapy work?

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Question 77

Which of the following is a stage of Kanfer's self-control model?

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Question 78

Which of the following is a component of Steve Ilardi's TLC program?

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Question 79

Which of the following programs of primary prevention was most discussed in your book?

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In the book The Optimistic Child, Martin Seligman shows teachers and parents how to teach children the necessary skills to diminish depression and enhance self-esteem. What have these strategies been found to improve?

The process of savoring include which of the following?

What is the overall goal of hope therapy?

Collins and Dozois site all of the following as active ingredients in the change process EXCEPT

Which of the following is associated with citizens perception of government blockages of goal pursuit activities?

According to Durlak and Wells, how much better off were adolescents who participated in programs for behavioral and social problems?

Distinguish between primary and secondary preventions and primary and secondary enhancements and give an example from your own life that applies to each of these four concepts. In other words, discuss some of the behaviors you engage in to stop the bad and promote the good.

Which of the following presents the greatest difficulty in defining what a good therapeutic outcome is?

Martin Seligman conducted research aimed at finding interventions that are effective as primary enhancements. He had four conditions: (1) the control group; (2) the gratitude group; (3) the three good things in life group, and; (4) the character strengths group. What did Seligman find?

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Chicago Urban Resiliency Building Program?

What is a characteristic of a flow experience?

Describe the differences between primary and secondary enhancements. Provide examples of both types of enhancements. Discuss the benefits and caveats.

Child immunizations are an example of

Which of the following statements about depression and the elderly is true?

What is the purpose of secondary enhancements?

"The indulgence of pleasure and the satisfaction of appetites and needs" is the definition of which term?

How does hope therapy work?

Which of the following is a stage of Kanfer's self-control model?

Which of the following is a component of Steve Ilardi's TLC program?

Which of the following programs of primary prevention was most discussed in your book?

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