The tendency to attribute negative intent to others, especially when the actual intentions of the other child are unclear, is referred to as ____
a. trait confluence
b. hostile attribution bias
c. reactive aggression
d. social cognitive deficit
b
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Chapter 5 discusses several variables that can influence the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. According to this discussion, eyewitness testimony is especially accurate when
a. someone was carrying a weapon. b. there was a long delay between the event and the eyewitness testimony. c. the misinformation is believable. d. there is no social pressure for the witness to supply information.
Suppose you wanted to test the effects of a college writing program on success in other classes. The experimental group consisted of freshmen who had enrolled in the writing class; the control group consisted of freshmen who had not enrolled in the writing class. Subsequent performance of both groups in a writing-intensive history class was measured. A potential confound in this study is:
a. maturation. b. testing. c. selection. d. mortality.
A psychological test asks the subject to tell a story based on a picture of one or more people in which it is unclear what is going on is one example of a/the
A) projective test B) intelligence test C) California Psychological Inventory (CPI) D) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Data from practicing psychologists in the American Psychological Association suggested which of the following measures was used most frequently by therapists in assessing personality?
A. Rorschach inkblot test B. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) C. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) D. NEO-PI-R