At crowded parties, Amy loses her sense of self and, as a result, often behaves in ways that she later regrets. These parties seem to create in Amy a state of
a. deindividuation.
b. cohesiveness.
c. groupthink.
d. entrapment.
a
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To minimize the cultural biases that may occur during diagnosis, it is suggested that diagnosticians do all of the following except ____
a. ?focus less on the concepts of normality and abnormality b. ?become more aware of cognitive shortcuts that can impair clinical judgments c. ?diagnose solely based on published criteria and standardized interview formats d. ?rely less on their own clinical impressions
Two-year-old Melissa calls the postman "Daddy" when she sees a man with large shoes and long pants at their doorstep. Her mother says, "No, that's the postman!" Melissa is displaying __________ and her mother is teaching by __________
a. overextensions; negative instances c. overextensions; positive instances b. overgeneralization; positive instances d. overgeneralization; negative instances
One ethical issue related to prenatal testing is how relatively late in the pregnancy many are carried out
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
"Human beings do not demonstrate _____," said Professor Spiegelman. "Otherwise most newborns would think that the physician who was handing the childbirth was its mother or father!"
A) plasticity B) reflexes C) instincts D) imprinting