With the balanced placebo design, it is possible to evaluate
a. consumption effect
b. expectancy effect
c. interaction effect
d. all of the above
Ans: D
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provide therapy that teaches better stress-coping strategies. b. ask her physician to give her a prescription for a mild, yet legal sedative. c. encourage her to get a part-time job to take her mind off of her stressors. d. suggest that she spend more time with friends and less time at home.
The novel, ThePrince of Tides, in which a young man who is rejected by fraternities responds by forming new social bonds, improving intellectual work, and engaging in prosocial behavior, portrays the consequences of rejection ____
a. accurately b. inaccurately c. somewhat accurately d. as leading to romantic failure
Jennifer would be classified as a majority child and is presently learning a second language. Jennifer will most likely
a. experience additive bilingualism. b. improve in a variety of general cognitive skills. c. experience no threat to her home language. d. experience all of these.
Which of the following is true of the clinical approach to judgment and interpretation?
a. The clinician functions like an actuary, adjusting the likelihood of various outcomes up and down based on objective factors. b. The clinician attends to only the most important aspects of the patient's circumstances (e.g., level of education, history of trauma) in arriving at a judgment. c. The clinician often assumes a certain similarity between the patient and him- or herself in interpreting the patient's behaviors. d. The clinician is as likely to recall his or her misinterpretations as his or her valid predictions.