________ is a controversial disorder marked by the apparent manifestation within one person of two or more distinct personalities, each with its own name and traits.

a. Borderline personality disorder
b. Antisocial personality disorder
c. Dissociative identity disorder
d. Bipolar disorder


Answer: c. Dissociative identity disorder

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A. 13; 15 B. 16; 16 C. 16; 18 D. 18; 20

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Truthfulness is to _____ as consistency is to _____

a. positive correlation; negative correlation b. negative correlation; positive correlation c. reliability; validity d. validity; reliability

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Research into the post-event reactions of those who were

living in New York City many months after the attacks on September 11, 2001 found which of the following to be true? A) A majority of those polled demonstrated remarkable resilience to the potential effects of the trauma of 9/11. B) A majority of those living in New York City at that time had moved to the city since the attacks, indicating that most of those who lived in the city when the attack occurred had left the area. C) A majority of those polled were suffering significant levels of PTSD symptoms. D) A majority of those polled were willing to discuss mundane details of their lives, but were very resistant to discussing anything related to the 9/11 attacks.

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Shaw et al. (2006) concluded from the pattern of changes in the brain that children with superior IQ scores _________________________

a. have more rapid development of cortical thinning than other IQ-score groups b. have an early period of brain plasticity that ends more quickly than the other groups c. have a longer period of brain plasticity in middle childhood and adolescence than other groups d. showed little change in cortical thickness across age

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