A person with schizophrenia who has become convinced that she is royalty is experiencing a(n) _____
a. delusion
b. negative symptom
c. catatonic state
d. manic state
Answer: A
Rationale: This is a false belief about reality.
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A) personality traits across cultures. B) the criminal minds of convicted killers. C) great leaders of socialist societies. D) the economic structure of capitalist societies.
Which of these speech errors is LEAST likely to occur in actual conversation?
a. saying “finger” instead of “toe” b. saying “lobster” instead of “oyster” c. saying “coat” instead of “goat” d. saying “aunt” instead of “uncle”
A student hypothesizes that high school students that consume different flavors of a drink before a spelling test will perform differently. A study to test the hypothesis finds that with a bitter drink, performance is best 6 hours after drinking it, whereas with a sweet drink, performance is better 1 hour after drinking it. Which of the following are the independent variables?
a. test scores and high school students b. test scores and time of consumption c. flavor of drink and time of consumption d. flavor of drink and high school students e. flavor of drink and test scores
Ted lost his job after arguing with his boss. As a result, in his subsequent jobs, he never again argued with the boss. This is an example of:
A) ?negative reinforcement. B) ?extinction. C) ?negative punishment. D) ?positive punishment.