You are driving down an unfamiliar road when it suddenly ends with two side roads from which to choose. Without a road sign, you choose the road that is only slightly angled rather than the road which makes a ninety degree angle with your original road. Your tendency to see the road chosen as part of the original road illustrates which perceptual principle?
a. similarity
b. continuation
c. nearness
d. figure-ground
B
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a. Reliable b. Valid c. Standardized d. Projective
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a. rates of aging because of wear and tear. b. anxiety as a result of social comparison, especially in health club settings. c. physical and mental health. d. routine health care exams.
Waltz et al.'s (2000) research revealed three distinct types of batterers. What are these three types?
A. Type I, Type II, Type III B. generally violent, psychopathological, and family-only C. internally focused, externally focused/family, externally focused/society D. psychological, physical, and psychological/physical
Alcoholics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, and Gamblers Anonymous are all examples of _____
a) family therapy. b) self-help groups. c) psychodynamic concepts. d) gestalt therapy.