According to Klockars, lying to a mentally ill person by telling him/her that the police will take care of laser beams from Mars is an example of:
A. blue lies.
B. deviant lies.
C. police placebos.
D. tolerated lies.
Answer: C
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a. Broca's aphasia b. Wernicke's aphasia c. Williams syndrome d. Korsakoff's syndrome
What can be said regarding detectable fetal movements across pregnancy?
a. Slow squirming movements begin at about 5 or 6 months. b. Sharp jabbing or kicking movements begin at 5 or 6 months and progressively declin.e c. Movements begin at 5 to 6 months and increase steadily until the fetus is born. d. The fetus is only active when the mother is active.
Which of the following is the primary limitation of using correlational research methods? a. They are most susceptible to the double-blind error effect
b. They only use one research participant, which limits their generalizability. c. They make it impossible to operationalize variables. d. They do not allow for conclusions about cause-and-effect relationships.
Which of the following is a valid statement of a difference between Erikson's stage theory and Loevinger's stage theory of development?
a. Loevinger thinks movement to the next stage occurs only when the previous stage has been mastered; Erikson thinks stage movement occurs when social or biological circumstances force new issues. b. Erikson thinks movement to the next stage occurs only when the previous stage has been mastered; Loevinger thinks stages coincide with specific ages. c. Loevinger's stages are age-linked, while Erikson's are not. d. Loevinger assumes that all adults move through all stages, while Erikson does not.