For months, as Sha'quan drives to work, he has been plagued by worries that he forgot to lock the door, close the windows, or turn off the stove in his house. Several times he has even had to return home and double-check the house before he could get rid of these troubling fears. Sha'quan's worries represent __________.
A. delusions
B. hallucinations
C. obsessions
D. compulsions
Answer: C
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Behavior has an impact on the ________________________ and/or __________________________environment
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Preschool children begin to make evaluative judgments about two different aspects of themselves by the age of four: cognitive and physical competence, and ____.
A. social acceptance by peers and parents B. the ability to control their environment C. whether or not they can "get away" with certain behaviors D. the regulation of impulse control
In an experiment, the purpose for manipulating the independent variable is to help ____
a. establish the direction of the relationship by showing that the dependent variable changes when you manipulate the independent variable b. eliminate the third variable problem because you decide when to manipulate rather than waiting for the variable to change c. establish the direction of the relationship and help eliminate the third variable problem d. ensure that any effects of selection bias or other randomization failures are minimized
Recording police interrogations can improve the quality of interrogations by A. helping to ensure that police detectives are not coercive when interrogating
B. helping to ensure that suspects cannot inappropriately claim to have been coerced during interrogation. C. both of the above D. none of the above