If you always blame yourself when a social encounter does not go well, you may have a distortion in thinking known as

a. the fallacy of negative instances.
b. an erotomanic delusion.
c. a self-defeating bias.
d. the Barnum effect.


C

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Ashley learned to fear clowns after being startled at the age of three by the sudden appearance of a particularly loud and colorful clown. Later, she began to fear anyone in a costume and mask. This would be an example of ____

a. ?operant conditioning b. ?stimulus generalization c. ?stimulus discrimination d. ?counterconditioning

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Charcot believed that hysteria ____

a. occurred only in women, not in men b. included paralysis, anesthesia, difficulty walking and standing, and visual disturbances c. had a direct correspondence of physical symptoms with underlying physiology d. could be treated by cutting the nerves to the affected areas.

Psychology

The prevalence of premenstrual dysphoric disorder is close to_________of women.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A crucial feature of planned comparisons is that they are

A) planned before the study is conducted. B) planned after the study is conducted, but before the analysis of variance is conducted. C) tests of power, conducted before the study is conducted. D) only conducted if power is greater than .80.

Psychology