Erika is a Type D personality type. Based on what you know about personality types, what is Erika's physical and mental health probably like?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: As a Type D (distressed) personality, Erika has a combination of high neuroticism and high social inhibition. Type Ds are four times more likely to have had psychotherapy in the past month than non–Type Ds (7% versus 1.5%). In one study of young, healthy adults, Type D people's blood pressure went up more after stress. Type D teenagers were also four times more likely to have trouble sleeping. If a Type D develops heart disease, she is two to seven times as likely to have a heart attack, develop cancer, or die from any cause as a non–Type D person.
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a. This technique is based on operant conditioning principles and seems quite effective. b. This technique does not seem to have a theoretical basis, and the limited effectiveness it does show may be due to the fact that it involves exposure. c. Classical conditioning provides the theoretical rationale for this technique that has had mixed results. d. Because the eyes are the "window on the mind," this technique explores hidden meanings related to traumatic events and has been extremely successful.
Children's play is potentially beneficial to development across all three developmental domains.
a. true b. false