An early supporter of psychological testing (and where much testing is still conducted) was
A) preschools.
B) the U.S. armed forces.
C) large corporations.
D) the existential flower-power movement.
E) nurseries.
B
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Temperament is best described as
a. a genetically based tendency to respond in a predictable way that is first seen in early infancy. b. a genetically based tendency to respond in a predictable way that is first seen in late infancy. c. a social experience based tendency to respond in a predictable way that is first seen in early infancy. d. a social experience based tendency to respond in a predictable way that is first seen in later infancy.
You are watching a documentary on public television that shows a patient who is undergoing electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT). If this documentary is depicting current-day psychotherapy, you should conclude that:
a. the patient is being treated for severe schizophrenia that has not responded to medication b. the patient is being treated for severe depression that has not responded to medication c. the documentary is inaccurate because electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT) hasn't been used since the 1970s d. the documentary is an "undercover expose," and the doctor administering the treatment is in violation of current ethical guidelines
Many historians point to the establishment of the first psychological clinic by __________ in 1896 as the beginning of the field of clinical psychology
a. Jung b. Rogers c. Witmer d. Smith and Glass
Test bias refers to the situation in which
a. an individual attempts to present himself/herself in the best possible light on a test such as the MMPI-2. b. a psychologist tends to administer a test such as the MMPI-2 to certain groups more often than to others. c. different decisions or predictions are made for members of two groups even when they obtain the same score on a test such as the MMPI-2. d. an individual prejudges all psychological tests as being invalid and therefore refuses to take them.