Seligman structures and idioms

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But this is CNN, so you only get a sound bite.

Choose one answer.    ® a a very short that can played in the news broadcasts etc. y    Right

b. a type of a very sensitive microphone

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60 years ago nonę of the disorders were treatable -- it was entirety smoke and mirrors.

Choose one answer.    ® a. something designed to be impressive but really worthless /    Something that deceives or distorts the truth

b. a kind of traditional shamanic treatment that has been only partially successful

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... we found out that we could take fuzzy concepts like depressbn, alcoholism, and measure them with rigor.

Choose one answer.    ® a. carefully and in a scientific, methodologically sound way. y    Right

b. a special measuring tool devised by social psychologists

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... that our view of human naturę was that if you were in trouble, it meant bricks fell on you.

Choose one answer.    @ a. things happen to you that you have no control over at all. y

b. obviously when bricks fali on you. you are in trouble, so this is a kind of exaggeration to make the point.

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You can ask, how do you stack up for positive emotton, for meaning, for fłow, against literally tens of thousands of other people?

Choose one answer.    a. how do you collect and keep positive emotions

b. how do you compare with others as far as positive emotion is concemed y    Right

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Where pleasure matters, is if you have both engagement and you have meaning, then pleasure's the whipped cream and the cherry.

Choose one answer.    a. it is something essential that makes the whole experience complete and whole.

b. something nice and attractive but not essential, just as cream on a piece of a delicious cake. y    Right

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