People suffering from erotomanic delusions typically believe that their bodies are diseased or rotting, or infested with insects or parasites, or that parts of their bodies are defective
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Which of the following poses a difficulty in evaluating personality tests?
a. Most people are unwilling to allow psychologists to evaluate their personality. b. Personality fluctuates substantially from one time to another, for most individuals. c. The personality tests with the highest validity tend to have the lowest reliability. d. Most people accept almost any assessment of themselves as valid.
After the World Trade Center bombing, counselors came in to help the survivors and rescue workers cope. Some of the counselors just listened and let the people talk about the disaster. Based on Pennebaker's research, this procedure was probably:
a. harmful, because trauma victims always need intense psychotherapy b. helpful, because talking about troubles leads to better coping and less stress c. harmful, because talking just reopens the wounds so that they are slower to heal d. neutral, because talking doesn't hurt, but it doesn't help, either
The drug Prozac (fluoxetine) was tested and originally approved for treating
A) schizophrenia. B) attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. C) depression. D) antisocial personality disorder. E) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Researchers have observed that women who wear bras for more than 16 hours a day are more likely to
develop breast cancer than those who spend less time in a bra. In other words, there is a correlation between wearing a bra and breast cancer. Based on this finding, which of the following statements is true? A) Wearing a bra causes cancer. B) Some additional variable may serve to explain the relationship observed between wearing a bra and developing cancer. C) All women should avoid wearing a bra for more than 16 hours a day. D) There is no relationship between wearing a bra and breast cancer; these data are clearly flawed.