The false consensus effect refers to the tendency for people to ____
a. overestimate the number of people who agree with them
b. underestimate the number of people who agree with them
c. rely too heavily on the primacy effect
d. not rely heavily enough on the primacy effect
A
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Poorest reliabilities of the 1937 Stanford-Binet Scale occurred for
a. older children at low IQ levels. b. older children at high IQ levels. c. young children at low IQ levels. d. young children at high IQ levels.
Regarding commercial telephone and Internet therapy, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. E-mail counseling may not be completely confidential, since e-mails can be intercepted and misused. b. Research has shown telephone counseling helped people quit smoking, while Internet therapy helped people suffering from depression, social phobias, and panic disorders. c. Telephone therapy is seriously undermined by the lack of close personal contact found in face-to-face interactions. d. Commercial telephone therapists have to be credentialed and licensed just like face-to-face therapists.
According to the CDC (2008), about ____ of American adolescent girls and ____ of boys in grades 9–12 report engaging in eating disordered behavior in the past 30 days
a. 20%; 10% b. 15%; 7% c. 10%; 4% d. 5%; 1%
The phrase split mind is to _____ as the phrase split personality is to _____.
A. delusions; hallucinations B. schizophrenia; dissociative identity disorder C. disordered thinking; disordered behavior D. dissociative identity disorder; schizophrenia