While watching a baseball game at recess one day, 10-year-old Kevin wonders to himself "Am I as good of a player as those kids are?" This most likely illustrates the concept of
A) social comparison.
B) parentification.
C) prosocial reasoning.
D) psychological evaluation.
A) social comparison. Kevin's question is an example of social comparison, the process in which children compare their own qualities and performances to those of their peers.
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One component of CBT is:
a. operant conditioning for psychotic symptoms b. learning to express negative emotions c. psychoeducation about psychosis and hallucinations d. explorations of family dynamics
Which theory maintains that emotion is caused by the interaction of physiological changes and the cognitive labeling of the reason for the physical reaction?
a. the James-Lange theory b. activation theory c. two-factor theory d. the Cannon-Bard theory e. the facial feedback theory