Research on positive illusions and goal-setting indicates that ____
a. when setting goals, most people set aside positive illusions, and are (at least temporarily) realistic
b. most people are overly optimistic and ambitious when setting goals
c. because most people have positive illusions about themselves and their lives, they usually fail to set goals at all (and just assume that things will turn out well)
d. because most people have positive illusions about themselves and their lives, they tend to set goals for the distant future, but not goals for the present or immediate future
A
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a. Daily dialogue b. Idle chit-chat c. Impromptu conversation d. Talk-in-interaction
Regarding the experience of pain, which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Acupuncture has been shown to cure diseases and produce long-term pain relief in 80 percent of the people tested. b. Phantom limb pain occurs because the neuromatrix interprets other sensory experiences as pain from the missing limb. c. Acupuncture needles activate the large pain fibers, which close the spinal gate directly. d. Phantom limb pain is best explained by the gate control theory.