What term is used to describe adolescents' sense of invulnerability that can lead them to engage in high-risk behaviors?

a) death wish
b) self-delusion
c) personal fable
d) self-injurious tendency


C

Psychology

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Janice is explaining that her friend cannot understand how she feels. She says, "We all have our own unique perspectives on the world-none of us sees the world in the same way." In making this statement, Janice is adopting a(n) __________ approach to personality.

A. humanistic psychology B. trait C. behaviorist D. eclectic

Psychology

Due to the long list of problems associated with memory, especially of witnesses and in cases of sexual abuse, psychologists have developed new techniques to help aid recall. Which of these is a new technique?

a) cognitive interview b) a combination of hypnosis and truth serum c) a combination of improved levels-of-processing and rehearsal d) paired-associate learning in which elements of the story are embedded in the pairs

Psychology

The single subject design often uses the _____ design

a. ABAB c. case study b. posttest only d. pretest posttest

Psychology

The face is more likely than the body to reveal deception

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Psychology