One of the basic themes in Part 1 is that personal experience can be very
untrustworthy as a guide to the truth. An example is
(a) our visual perception is faulty, so the stars appear much further away than
they are
(b) our bodies cannot detect uniform motion, which means that we tend to
perceive the world as stationary
(c) placebo effects, such as in the study on speech anxiety
(d) both B and C are examples of the untrustworthiness of personal
experience
D
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DSM-IV-TR divides personality disorders into ____ distinct clusters
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
George Miller found that the average person is able to keep about _______ digits in mind at a time
a. twelve c. seven b. ten d. three
In Loftus and Palmer's study, participants were more likely to report seeing broken glass when they were presented with which word?
A. smashed B. contacted C. hit D. collided
According to Higgins (1987), we will feel negative emotions, such as depression, shame, or embarrassment, when there are discrepancies between our three selves.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)