Jay has recently told his therapist that he is planning to kill his stepmother. According to the Tarasoff decision, the therapist has the duty to warn the stepmother that Jay is a potential threat.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

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In addition to the theory that living in a poor section of a U.S. city can expose children to the stress of high crime rates, what has also been suggested as a way in which poverty could add to the rate of mental disorders?

a. Living a life of poverty is inherently stressful. b. Living in poverty exposes people to higher rates of disease, prompting the occurrence of mental disorders. c. People with mental disorders gravitate to poorer areas of cities. d. Poor areas of U.S. cities lack adequate safety, leading to mental distress.

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All of the following are criticisms of Kelly's theory except that:

a. it omits motivation and emotion. b. it is based on an unrepresentative sample. c. the concept of the unconscious lacks empirical support. d. the rational image of human nature does not coincide with reality.

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Suppose that you are trying to decide whether to take a course from Professor Jones or Professor Smith. Your friends have made many positive comments about both professors

You decide to take a course with Professor Jones, because today you heard more praise about Professor Jones. You are using a. the availability heuristic. b. the anchoring and adjustment heuristic. c. the representativeness heuristic. d. the recognition heuristic.

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What is the correct sequence of Freud's psychosexual stages?

a) latency, anal, oral, genital, phallic b) oral, genital, latency, phallic, anal c) anal, oral, latency, phallic, genital d) oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital

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