Identify and describe how language can limit thought
What will be an ideal response?
* Use of masculine pronouns when neutrality is more appropriate.
* Doublespeak is language purposely designed to make the bad seem good.
* Euphemism is using an acceptable or inoffensive word in place of an offensive or unacceptable word.
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Some risk factors are "fixed.". An example of a "fixed" risk factor is
a. social support. b. gender. c. location. d. comorbidity.
The ______ perspective is based on the notion that psychological problems are the result of unresolved inner conflicts.
A. behavioral B. humanist C. existential D. psychodynamic
One advantage of naturalistic observation is that
a. this type of research never violates ethical guidelines. b. researchers can see the events and behaviors that precede the target behaviors they are recording. c. researchers can directly manipulate variables of interest. d. the researcher can determine cause-and-effect relationships between variables of interest.
Children who are more withdrawn and solitary tend to have more success in making friends when they:
A) have aggressive personalities. B) demonstrate attention-seeking tactics. C) have pleasant personalities. D) are bullies.