When describing the voices that he hears in his head, Bell says, "They really don't bother me, but they did cost me my job as a telephone operator as I kept giving out numbers to the voices rather than the callers.". Bell's situation illustrates the criteria of _____ in defining abnormal behavior
a. maladaptiveness
b. personal distress
c. statistical deviance
d. joint attention
a
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In the United States, who has more anxiety disorders or depression, whites or blacks? a. Both are more common in whites
b. Both are more common in blacks. c. Whites have more alcohol abuse and blacks have more depression. d. Blacks have more depression and whites have more alcohol abuse.
"There is only one right answer to this exercise," the professor says as the class is reviewing a problem. What type of thinking is the professor describing?
A. divergent thinking B. convergent thinking C. heuristics D. brainstorming
In a study conducted by Stephen Kosslyn, subjects memorized a map and then were asked to mentally scan the path of an imaginary dot as it traveled from one point to another point on the map. The results showed that ____.?
a. ?when the distance traveled by the dot was further, the time it took to scan the distance was longer b. ?shorter distances were scanned easily, but longer distances could not be scanned c. ?regardless of the distance traveled by the dot, the scanning time was approximately five seconds d. ?regardless of the distance traveled by the dot, the scanning time was instantaneous
Stanley found it easy to name foods which were representative of other countries, but found it difficult to name food that represented the United States because of the variety of U.S. cuisine. Which of the following best explains Stanley's response?
A. social identity B. ingroup heterogeneity C. culture D. social learning