According to an observational study by Gottman where previously unacquainted children were observed in a home setting three times, children who became friends _____________
a. tended to be those who excelled in academics
b. tended to be better at exchanging relevant information
c. were not as good at resolving conflict than children who didn’t become friends
d. were from the same socioeconomic class
Answer: B
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a. ?drive reduction b. ?arousal c. ?evolutionary d. ?humanistic
Self-disclosure
a. is a formality of small talk. b. correlates negatively with relationship satisfaction. c. plays a key role in mental health. d. leads to feelings of closeness if factual rather than emotional in nature.
Metcalf's research on ‘feelings of warmth' judgments, suggests that
a. participants are very accurate in judging when they are close to the solution of an insight problem. b. the solutions to insight problems given when participants reported feeling close to a solution were more likely to be incorrect than correct. c. insight problems are solved gradually, and not in a burst of insight. d. people's subjective sense of whether they will solve a problem is very accurate.
Why have psychologists questioned the practice of using projective tests to measure personality?
a. Evaluators very often agree on how to interpret an individual test. b. Evaluators often do not agree on how to interpret an individual test. c. Because using trait inventories is preferred for insurance purposes. d. These tests often provide disturbing details about a person's unconscious.