One of the problems with self-report personality inventories is that respondents may answer questions in ways that make them look good. This tendency is called a
a. social desirability bias.
b. response set.
c. perceptual set.
d. self-serving bias.
A
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The earliest major psychological model of abnormal behavior was the
a. cognitive model. b. humanistic model. c. behavioral model. d. biopsychosocial model. e. psychodynamic model.
A variable that falls into a distinct category is referred to as a
a. physical variable b. nonphysical variable c. discrete variable d. dependent variable
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a) social; fear b) all cognitive; self-control c) social; nightmares d) spatial; aggressiveness