When a clinician does not predict that his client will commit murder, and the client does, indeed, commit murder, the situation would be considered a __________.
A. true positive
B. false positive
C. true negative
D. false negative
Answer: D
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a. intrinsically motivated. b. extrinsically motivated. c. an introverted personality. d. an extroverted personality.
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dolls on the other. Such organizational abilities are a sign of good __________ skills. Fill in the blanks with correct word
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Lazarus criticized positive psychology as
A) ?an oversimplification. B) ?a way to introduce theoretical as well as practical problems into psychological research. C) ?a way to block new Apply and empirical issues. D) ?both an oversimplification and creating theoretical and practical problems in psychological research.