Which of the following approaches to personality is based less on empirical research and more on observations during psychotherapy?
A. Trait approach
B. Behavioral/social learning approach
C. Cognitive approach
D. Humanistic approach
D
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Your text suggests the possibility that the eating disorder known as bulimia could be listed as a culture-bound syndrome; what fact best supports this view?
a. Eating rituals vary between cultures. b. Bulimia is found primarily in developed Western cultures. c. Bulimia is a rare condition. d. The prevalence of eating disorders does not vary between countries.
What is a time-related threat to internal validity for a within-subjects experiment?
a. carry-over b. instrumentation c. progressive error d. assignment bias
The cocktail party phenomenon refers to the ability to:
a. focus on one auditory message and ignore others b. perform two different tasks simultaneously c. process two auditory messages simultaneously and completely d. ignore all auditory messages entering the system
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a testable research hypothesis?
a. It is stated in terms of operational definitions. b. It states how the independent variable is manipulated. c. It specifies the relation between the independent and dependent variables. d. It reflects both inductive and deductive reasoning.