People have a strong tendency to seek evidence that upholds their beliefs. This is called
a. undirected thinking
b. confirmation bias
c. functional fixedness
d. prejudice
Ans: b
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When shown a picture of a spoon, Alfred says, "foon, hoon, poon.". Alfred's mispronunciation would be classified as a(n)
a. expressive aphasia. b. fluent aphasia. c. receptive aphasia. d. primary agnosia.
Describe the Bedford College Life Events and Difficulties Schedule (LEDS) and name some of its disadvantages
What will be an ideal response?
. While waiting in line at the bank, a man rubbed up against Ann. At first she believed it was accidental, but he did it several times. She yelled at him to stop and he ran away. Ann asked a security guard to call the police,
who responded and showed her a sketch of a person who had done the same thing to other women. According to the police, Ann was the victim of a person with a sexual disorder called a) fetishism. b) voyeurism. c) partialism. d) frotteurism.