The vulnerability–stress model describes
a. the interpretation of ambiguous pictures by people.
b. how individual vulnerabilities interact with external stresses or circumstances to produce specific mental disorders.
c. diagnostic categories of mental disorders.
d. the behavior of insane people.
Answer: b
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a. availability heuristic c. anchoring & adjustment heuristic b. representativeness heuristic d. means-end analysis
Surveys of psychologists who conduct child custody evaluations (e.g., Bow, 2006) suggest that
A. psychological tests are rarely used. B. interviews with parents and children are considered less important than psychological tests. C. parent and child interviews are deemed less important that projective testing results. D. more than 60% of evaluators conduct psychological testing with the children involved in such cases.
Cassandra does well in school and feels proud when she gets good grades. However, in sports she is not as successful, and she feels a little embarrassed about competing with her classmates. These feelings are part of her
A) prosocial reasoning. B) classroom climate. C) self-esteem. D) selection model.
Which of the following best explains afterimages?
a. trichromatic theory b. opponent-process theory c. color-deficient vision d. monochrome color blindness