Dr. Chu reports that "mental patients are no more dangerous than other people.". What does research suggest about the doctor's statement?
a. Research shows that there is no correlation between mental patients and dangerousness
b. Research shows that patients are considerably more dangerous than others in the population.
c. Research shows that individuals with dual diagnoses are slightly more dangerous than other patients.
d. Research shows that mental patients are actually less dangerous than are others in the population.
c
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a. an unresolved Electra complex. b. stressful toilet-training. c. the collective unconscious. d. a big ego.
Some politicians would like to limit the peer review process for funding of grants to topics they believe are morally correct. This would have the effect of
a. Potentially give rise to more sound results b. Encourage dialogue between scientists c. Allowing the politicians to determine what research is done d. Making it easier to accomplish science
It appears that explicitly rewarding children for sharing leads them later on to
a. share more often. c. share about as often as they did before. b. share less often. d. expect everyone to share with them.
According to Ryckman, Beyondism:
a. is based almost completely on solid scientific data b. will probably enjoy increased popularity with personality psychologists over the next three decades c. is largely a conservative philosophy with little scientific evidence to support it d. encompasses a set of ideas that are noncontroversial