Recent research on agoraphobia suggests that ____
a. a genetic marker on chromosome 5 is the likely cause
b. repressed memories are the key causal factors
c. cognitions may play a major causal role
d. the disorder is inherited from the mother
c
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Midland County has become a major thoroughfare for distributors of crystal methamphetamine. Sheriff Johnson has put together a profile of meth dealers and distributors, specifically identifying their tendency to travel by motorcycle or older-model van, and noting they often sport tattoos and facial hair. He has instructed his deputies to be on the lookout for people matching this profile. The Midland County Sheriff's practice of stopping motorists who meet the profile for a minor infraction, with the hope of catching some in possession of methamphetamine, is known as:
A. proactive investigation. B. reactive investigation. C. pretext stop. D. Terry stop.
Asch is well known for what is apparently a simple group perceptual task: selecting which, of three lines, matched another line in length. What did Asch do to make this simple task not so simple?
a. Only one person in the group was an experimental “subject;” the rest were confederates who were told in advance to make the same incorrect response. b. Another subject, in an adjacent room, administered electric shocks to individuals who gave incorrect answers. c. Asch paid participants $100 for getting the entire group to agree with them on the correct response. d. Asch secretly administered perception-altering drugs to participants.
One tool infants use to overcome the immediate reference problem is
A) refraction. B) induction. C) reduction. D) deduction.