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Which of the following goal disengagement strategies is the only one that typically leads to greater psychological well-being?

In their studies in which participants judged how much control they had in a low-control situation, Alloy and Abramson concluded that:

A synonym for “implementation intention” is:

In his study with undergraduates solving anagrams, Mikulincer (1988) found that an exposure to one unsolvable anagram produced a(n) _____ effect, while exposure to four unsolvable problems produced a(n) _____ effect.

Pessimistic explanatory style has been linked to:

After how many trials of failure on a new task will a person’s active, effortful coping be the greatest?

Bem’s self-perception theory challenged the basic tenet of cognitive dissonance theory by arguing that cognition-behavior:

Implementation intentions are effective in goal-setting pursuits because they:

The psychological meaning of failure for a mastery-oriented individual is:

The belief that “I am a competent, moral, and reasonable person” is central to a ________ mindset.