Which statement about dissociative amnesia is accurate?
a. It is the partial or total loss of important personal information that is not "ordinary" forgetting.
b. Its onset is always slow and progressive
c. It begins to develop in early childhood.
d. It only remits with psychodynamic therapy.
a
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teachers than men because women are more nurturing and less legalistic. When you present her with data that indicate male teachers perform very well at the elementary level, she tries to discredit the information. Rona is a victim of A) the confirmation bias. Incorrect. The confirmation bias is the tendency to seek out evidence that supports our preexisting beliefs and to neglect contradictory evidence. B) naive realism. C) belief perseverance. Correct. Belief perseverance is the tendency to stick to our initial beliefs even when evidence contradicts them. D) critical thinking.
Which schedule of reinforcement involves reinforcement being given for the first correct response made after a varied amount of time has passed since the last reinforced response?
A. fixed ratio B. fixed interval C. variable interval D. variable ratio
The authors of your text discuss the scientific rigor involved in testing new medications. Analogous to this, if Critical Incident Stress Debriefing were a medication, what does your text suggest that people would be doing now?
a. There would be clamoring for insurance to cover the intervention. b. People would lobby Congress to make CISD mandatory nationwide. c. There would be a public outcry and lawsuits against CISD. d. People would want more empirical evidence before reacting.
The Continuous Performance Test is a measure of
a) motor skills. b) social aptitude. c) visual attention. d) verbal intelligence.