The tendency to find patterns in events is a common mental set

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.


Answer: True

Psychology

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Generally, all of the problems of early structured personality tests apply to

a. self-report techniques. b. Kanfer and Saslow's Functional Approach. c. psychophysiological assessment. d. psychophysical procedures.

Psychology

Maecy was prenatally exposed to marijuana and cocaine. Both of her parents continue to struggle with substance abuse. At age 5, Maecy is at risk for which potentially harmful situation?

A. nonmaternal child care B. overly controlling parenting C. bullying from obesity D. overly harsh discipline

Psychology

Relative insensitivity to delayed rewards helps explain why it is:

A) common for people to choose the better of two immediate options. B) common for most people to save their discretionary income, rather than spend it. C) difficult for public officials to mobilize their efforts to thwart an imminent terrorist attack. D) difficult for people to change their behaviour to address global warming.

Psychology

How do construct, linguistic, and metric equivalence influence the development of measures of strengths on a cross-cultural basis?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology