In the DSM-IV, personality disorders were described on Axis ______.

a. I
b. II
c. IV
d. X


Ans: B

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How has widespread use of the scientific method improved cognitive psychology?

A. Researchers have become more reliant on self-reporting and more complex in their theorizing. B. It has made researchers use direct measurements of the processes they observe. C. Use of the scientific method has done little to improve cognitive psychology. D. It provides researchers with a common set of core principles they can all agree on and use.

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When parents are too controlling, a child will most likely develop feelings of ______.

A. anger B. guilt C. fear D. disgust

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By late adolescence,

A) mixed-sex cliques begin to outnumber same sex-cliques. B) mixed-sex cliques tend to be lower in status than same-sex cliques. C) mixed-sex cliques tend to be higher in status than same sex-cliques. D) group membership becomes less influential as males and females develop serious relationships and individual pairings become more prominent.

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While in family therapy, a previously distant couple begins to communicate more frequently and intimately. At the beginning of therapy, the 13-year-old daughter used to sit close to her mother, frequently looking to the mother for reassurance and support and saying very little. Now, however, as the parents have become closer, the daughter has become openly hostile to and dismissive of the father. The daughter's change in behavior is best explained by the concept of:

A. Trangulation b. Double binding. c. Pseudo-hostility. d. Enmeshment. e. Transmuting internalization.

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