MOST research in social psychology is based on ____
a. prison inmates and the elderly
b. adult samples from the general population
c. high school student samples
d. college student samples
D
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What evidence (if true) would show importance of "shared environment" in personality development?
a. A strong correlation between parents and their biological children b. A strong correlation between parents and their adopted children c. A strong correlation between monozygotic twins d. A weak correlation between parents and their biological children
The Gallup and Harris Polls, which are reports that contain the
responses of several thousand people to questions such as how good a job is the president doing with foreign affairs, are both examples of the use of the a. naturalistic observation technique. b. survey method. c. field experiment. d. curvilinear relationship hypothesis.
The term "diagnostic inflation" refers to __________.
A. the proliferation of new mental disorders in the DSM B. the need to include additional mental disorders beyond what has already been added to the DSM C. therapists fabricating ("inflating") a client's symptoms to meet DSM diagnostic criteria D. clients fabricating ("inflating") symptoms to meet DSM diagnostic criteria
An outpatient clinic that provides psychological services on a sliding fee scale and serves individuals who live in a certain geographic region is called a(n)
A. community mental health center. B. asylum. C. halfway house. D. psychiatric hospital.