There is a good deal of overlap between social anxiety disorder and ______ personality disorder

Our ability to deal with stressful events in an adaptive fashion is

a. an inherited way of coping. b. a biopsychosocial way of adapting. c. a form of illness prevention. d. a learned approach to stress. e. a pattern of ignoring unpleasantries.

Optimists tend to use alternative thinking to

a. weather the challenges of life more effectively than pessimists. b. make themselves feel better by comparing their performance to that of less competent others. c. find a scapegoat. d. improve their cognitive abilities. e. find other people to feel superior to.