Jack, a four-year-old boy, had a paper cut his finger. His mother kissed his finger gently and soothed him. But once Jack stopped crying, she said "you're so clumsy, can't you do anything right?" This is an example of
A. a double bind.
B. avolition.
C. thought insertion.
D. derailment.
Answer: A
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a. The 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese was witnessed by 38 bystanders. b. None of the bystanders to Kitty Genovese's murder intervened or even called the police. c. The Kitty Genovese murder proved that people were desensitized and apathetic regarding violence because they lived in a large, impersonal city. d. The murder of Kitty Genovese provided evidence of the bystander effect.
Adolescence is a time of increased risk for a wide range of problems
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The lock-and-key system is used to explain
a. how we experience pain. b. color vision. c. olfaction. d. the vestibulary sense.
A regression equation is used to
A. determine the causal relationship between X and Y. B. predict a score for Y from a known score of X. C. determine the strength of the relationship between X and Y. D. predict the difference between the scores of X and Y.