Tom tells you that he can make his roommate take out the trash by simply thinking about his roommate doing it

He agrees with you that this could sometimes just be a coincidence, but he seems to truly believe he can sometimes get people to do things just by thinking about it. You find him understandable when he talks, but sometimes hard to follow. His clothes are messy and don't match. Tom tells you not to tell anyone about his power, because he knows that other people don't like him because they are jealous and they would hurt him if they could. The best diagnosis for Tom is
a. borderline personality disorder.
b. paranoid personality disorder.
c. schizotypal personality disorder.
d. schizoid personality disorder.


c. schizotypal personality disorder.

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Which describes a result that is most likely to come from order effects?

A. Participants improve reaction time navigating a maze after going through several times. B. Participants who are told (rather than asked) what to do will be more likely to withdraw from a study. C. Participants perform better on tasks they have learned in a classroom. D. Participants underperform on boring tasks.

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Carly was a teenage mom, who then became a grandmother at 35. Carly also found out that she was pregnant at the same time as her own daughter. This situation is an example of _________ stages

a) atypical b) typical Consider This: Some stages are unique to each individual. LO 1.1: Explain adult development in terms of ‘stability and change' and ‘stages and continuity' c) continuous Consider This: Some stages are unique to each individual. LO 1.1: Explain adult development in terms of ‘stability and change' and ‘stages and continuity' d) stable Consider This: Some stages are unique to each individual. LO 1.1: Explain adult development in terms of ‘stability and change' and ‘stages and continuity'

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For a child to remember a piece of information, __________ processes must function properly

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