Since the participants' personality characteristics are revealed as they are exposed to frustrations, temptations, pressure, and boredom, some of the recently popular "reality TV" programs, such as Survivor, American Idol, and The Amazing Race, bear some similarity to
a. a projective test.
b. a behavioral assessment.
c. the MMPI.
d. situational testing.
D
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a. Diarrhea b. Dysentery c. Cholera d. Iron deficiency
A birth that occurs before 37 weeks gestation is referred to as
a. breech b. vertex c. preterm d. prolonged
Under what circumstances are you more likely to use ingratiation, self-promotion, or conspicuous consumption? Are there situations where attempting to use these self-presentation tactics would backfire?
What will be an ideal response?
Recently, flooding has been used less frequently by behaviour therapists to treat phobias because
a) it causes extreme discomfort for the patient. b) the theory behind the technique is contrary to behavioural principles. c) it has been found to cause patients to faint. d) it results in "symptom-substitution": the patient simply becomes fearful of a different stimulus.