When we insist on seeing the world in black and white rather than shades of gray (for example, as either complete successes or complete failures), we may be engaging in what Aaron Beck calls_________
a. expectancy outcome
b. magnification
c. overgeneralization
d. absolutist thinking
D
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a. A laboratory study b. A field experiment c. A correlational study d. A quasi-experiment
Word learning, in which a child quickly attaches a new word to its appropriate concept, can be characterized as what type of process?
A. fast-mapping B. quick-tracking C. abstract-association D. mental-matching
Heidegger said we come into conditions of our lives over which we have no control, such as male or female, rich or poor, our nationality. This he called:
a. frustration b. thrownness c. Dasein d. inauthenticity
What pattern of personality traits do almost all people with any personality disorder have?
A. high neuroticism and high openness to experience B. low extraversion and low neuroticism C. low conscientiousness and high extraversion D. high neuroticism and low agreeableness