Scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) are determined by comparing a person's
A. responses from a national survey given to people across the US.
B. responses they provided on other self-report measures of personality.
C. responses from individuals hospitalized for psychiatric reasons.
D. standardized average scores for personality.
Answer: C
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a. Phenylketonuria b. Capgras syndrome c. Parkinson's disease d. Cotard's syndrome
Which of these best shows how environmental changes can alter the effects of a gene? a. Many Asian people learn to avoid excess consumption of milk. b. Physical exercise improves mental functioning for many people. c. Brain damage can impair people's ability to recognize faces
d. A special diet can prevent the effects of PKU (phenylketonuria).
Intergenerational transmission of attachment means that
a. attachment is a biologically driven and heritable trait. b. all children in one family will have the same attachment classification. c. secure parents tend to raise secure children. d. the attachment styles of mothers transfer to children, but not those of fathers.
Protagorus, the best known Sophist, presented the Sophist’s position. Which of the following statements best represents his position?
a. Truth depends on the physical reality, not on the perceiver b. What is truth should not be affected by the culture one lives in c. Perceptions vary from person to person because previous experiences affect perceptions d. Perceptions are similar from person to person because we all share a similar reality