When about to get a needle, people with blood-and-injection phobias are encouraged to:

a) Relax
b) Tense-up
c) Cognitively distract themselves
d) Take a sedative


b

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The so-called "status quo bias" in decision-making refers to the tendency for people to ____

a. want to keep things the way they are instead of changing b. want to do whatever it is that other people are doing c. place more emphasis on present (immediate) outcomes than on future outcomes d. place more emphasis on definite outcomes than on probable outcomes

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When people are in a group situation in which they feel deindividuated, they are most likely to behave badly when ____

a. they are highly self-aware b. they are anonymous to one another c. they are focused outward, on what others are thinking about them d. they feel anonymous to outsiders who may be watching them

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Your friend has just finished her freshmen year in college, and she has gained 15 pounds. Explain to your friend why her weight gain during her freshmen year is quite common, and describe how behavioral dieting will help her lose and then maintain a healthy weight

What will be an ideal response?

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As a child psychologist, you are seeing Martin for the first time today. He presents with irritability, has a difficult time sitting still, interrupts both his parents and you during conversation, and cannot focus

It is most likely that Martin suffers from a. depression. b. autism. c. ADHD. d. dyslexia. e. anxiety.

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