The tendency to perceive things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern is known as ___________

a) proximity
b) continuity
c) contiguity
d) common region


ANS: B

Psychology

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One difficulty that homeowners often run into when they attempt to sell is that they tend to value their own property much higher than do other people, including real estate agents and potential buyers. This tendency is consistent with the

a. sunk cost principle. b. endowment effect. c. escalation effect. d. concept of entrapment.

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Describe the influence of culture on the experience of psychopathology. Why is it important for the clinician to acknowledge and appreciate the patient's culture before determining a diagnosis?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

Self-efficacy seems more highly valued in collectivistic culture

a. True b. False

Psychology

Norbert is selected as the foreperson of the jury. Assuming that a typical selection process occurred, he was probably chosen

a. very quickly. b. after a long, heated, often irrational debate. c. after very careful, rational consideration of the candidates. d. by the judge at some point during the course of the trial.

Psychology