In a normal distribution, what percent of test takers will score between two and three standard deviations below the mean?
a. 2.1%
b. 13.6%
c. 34.1%
d. 50%
a. 2.1%
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Suppose that a doctor decides that a patient has a cold, rather than a much rarer disease, Disease X. She decides the disease is a cold, even though one symptom is fairly typical of Disease X and fairly atypical of a cold. This doctor is
a. paying attention to the base rate of the diseases. b. showing the confirmation bias. c. demonstrating the small-sample fallacy. d. combining the availability heuristic with the representativeness heuristic.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. People with psychological disorders experience thoughts and urges that are intrusive and unwanted and/or the need to engage in repetitive behaviors or mental acts. 2. Depression is a devastating psychotic disorder in which the person’s thoughts, perceptions, and behaviors are impaired to the point of not being able to function normally in life. 3. Hyperactive children are fidgety, restless, and socially disruptive and have trouble with impulse control. A constant pattern has been shown to interfere with normal functioning. 4. Dream analysis occurs when the patient transfers positive or negative emotions associated with the patient’s other relationships to the psychoanalyst. 5. The goal of substance-related treatment is to help an addicted person manage compulsive drug-seeking behaviors.
Natalie goes to a therapist for treatment of her substance use problem. Her therapist spends
a lot of time exploring her childhood in an effort to find the underlying conflicts which created her need to use drugs. Her therapist is most likely a ______ therapist. a. behavioral c. psychodynamic b. cognitive d. humanistic
Epidemiological studies:
a. indicate the extent of drug use b. establish the causes of drug use c. develop theoretical accounts d. provide prevention approaches