Xavier believes everything his college professor says because she is in a respected position. He thinks that knowledge is certain and that the professor has that knowledge. Xavier is engaged in __________
A) pragmatic thought
B) dualistic thinking
C) relativistic thinking
D) commitment within relativistic thinking
Answer: B
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Monica complains of chest and head pains, amnesia, nausea, and sexual problems. She goes from doctor to doctor, but none can find a physical cause for her complaints. Stephen suddenly becomes blind one day shortly after his boss gives him several stressful deadlines. There is no physiological explanation for his blindness. Monica best illustrates ____, whereas Stephen best illustrates ____
a. functional neurological symptom disorder; factitious disorder b. complex somatic symptom disorder with somatization features; illness anxiety disorder c. illness anxiety disorder; factitious disorder d. somatic symptom disorder; functional neurological symptom disorder
The most commonly reported experience for individuals who have auditory hallucinations is that ____
a. the voices have a distinct gender b. the voices belong to someone they know c. they have back-and-forth conversations with the voices d. they believe the voices are coming from outside themselves
Diagnostic assessments are most appropriate when a
a. student enters a new school or program. b. student outperforms all other students in the class. c. teacher wishes to know how much knowledge a student is retaining. d. student continues to experience problems with the same material.
Is evolutionary theory, in principle, falsifiable?
(a) no (b) yes, by ethical arguments (c) yes, by seeing that parents and children are really dissimilar (d) yes, if new fossil evidence were to be found that disproved the theory