What are two critiques of Levinson's research on mid-life crisis?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: He based his conclusion that a crisis at this time is normative on a very small sample of highly educated men, which was hardly a diverse sample.
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According to the research on the keyword method, this technique
a. is no longer considered to be a useful mnemonic. b. is often helpful for learning people's names. c. is actually less effective when people use distributed practice, rather than learning the material all at once. d. works only for abstract nouns, rather than concrete nouns.
What is the likelihood that when we experience an overwhelming emotional event we will share the experience with a friend or family member within the same day of occurrence?
A. 60% probability B. 15% probability C. 75% probability D. 95% probability
What is the primary problem that researchers face with the "three-horned dilemma"?
A) Maximizing one desirable dimension often leads to deficits on one or two others. B) It is impossible to maximize any of the dimensions. C) A study cannot be both precise and generalizable to situations. D) Naturalistic observations are never precise.
Disorders in which there is a break in consciousness, memory, perception, the sense of identity, or some combination are called _________
a) paraphilias b) anxiety disorders c) somatoform disorders d) dissociative disorders