PT158.S2.Q20

PrepTest 158 - Section 2 - Question 20

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A research psychologist used a personality test to classify high school students as "repressors"—people who repress upsetting thoughts and feelings from conscious awareness—or as "sensitizers"—those especially attuned to internal states who freely express distress. ███ ██████████ █████ █████ ████████ ██ ████████████ ███ ██████████ ████ ████ ███ ███ ████████ █████ ██████ ████████ ████████████ ███ ███ ████████ ██████ ███████ ██████ ███████ ███ █ ███████ █████ ██ ████████████

"Surprising" Phenomenon

Compared to sensitizers, why are repressors less shy and anxious, better able to tolerate frustration, and have superior social skills, higher grades, and a greater sense of self-esteem?

Objective

This is an EXCEPT question. The four wrong answers will connect repression of upsetting thoughts and feelings with the features associated with repressors or connect expression of distress with the features associated with sensitizers.

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20.

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a

Repressors are better ████ ████ ███████████ ██ █████ ██ █████ ████ ███ ██ █████ █████████████

b

Repressors are less ███ ████ ███████████ ██ ████████ ██████ ██ ██████████ █████ █████████

c

Parents and other ██████████ ████ ██ ██████ ██████████ ████ ████ ████ ██████ ███████████ ███ ████████ ███████████ ███ ██████ ████████ ██████ ██████████

d

Some psychologists have ████████████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████ ██████ ███ ████████ ███████ ███ ███████████ ███████████ ███████████ ████████ ██ ███████ █████████ ████████ ███ █████████

e

Sensitizers tend to █████ ████ ████ ██████████ ██ ██ ███ ████████████ ██ ██████████ ██ █████ ████████ ██████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ ██████████ ██ ████████

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