Rather than provide details about the party she just attended, Patty tried to give her overall impression. Patty was operating on the assumption of ____, that the whole may be greater than the mere sum of its parts
a. psychophysics
b. holistic psychology
c. Gestalt psychology
d. psychodynamics
C
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In which disorder is it common for people to awaken early and fail to get back to sleep?
a. Major depression b. Social phobia c. Bulimia nervosa d. Borderline personality disorder
The idea that a behavior will increase or decrease based on the consequences that follow that behavior is crucial to
a. Classic conditioning b. Operant conditioning c. Higher order conditioning d. Spontaneous recovery e. none of the above
Which of the following choices describes a reason that practitioners and researchers were more focused on studying negative characteristics
a. They felt no need to study positive traits. b. They were operating within the particular circumstances of their time. c. People were mostly unhappy with their lives. d. They did not want to impede on the work of positive psychologists.
In real clinical settings, intelligence tests are frequently used to
a. estimate overall intelligence. b. predict academic success. c. appraise learning/problem-solving style. d. all of the above