Woody has been in therapy for years. Because he unknowingly tends to exaggerate the severity of his symptoms before the treatment begins, he believes that the therapy has been extremely successful. In actuality, Woody's condition is only slightly better now than it was before treatment. Woody's perception that his condition is vastly improved is probably due to:
A) a process effect.
B) a nonspecific treatment effect.
C) natural improvement.
D) an error in reconstructive memory.
D) an error in reconstructive memory.
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a. one-month olds would not cross the visual cliff. b. boys crossed the visual cliff earlier than girls. c. infants would cross the cliff if their mothers encouraged them to do so. d. 8 out of 10 crawling infants would not cross onto the visual cliff.
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Define each of these concepts and then analyze projective and objective tests in view of the challenges of test construction. What will be an ideal response?
Schacter and Singer believed that the physiological arousal associated with an emotion:
a. Determines what the particular emotion is b. Is irrelevant to the cognitive assessment of the situation c. Contributes only to the emotion's intensity d. Is only important in strong negative emotions like fear and anger