Anna tells her friend Jeffrey that she is thinking about
"dropping out of college." Jeffrey asks her, "Are you having trouble with your science and math courses? Did you talk to your instructors? Are you having trouble with your boyfriend?" Jeffrey's attempts to help might be more successful if he
a. asked more specific closed questions.
b. explained how he studied for his college classes.
c. told some of Anna's female friends about her problems so they could help her.
d. refrained from doing any of these.
ANSWER: d
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a. he did not have serious psychological problems b. he met the cultural and statistical deviance criteria but not the dysfunction or distress criteria c. a medical problem, not a psychological problem, caused his thought disorder d. he was capable of understanding the wrongfulness of his actions
Auditory problems typically are experienced
A) by more women than men. B) by more men than women. C) with equal frequency by women and men. D) only by the oldest old subgroup.
When President George W. Bush launched an invasion of Iraq, claiming that the country had weapons of mass destruction and was allied with Al-Qaeda, he and his team ignored evidence from intelligence agencies that neither claim was true
Some in the intelligence agencies attributed this error to a process called: a. groupthink. b. unanimity. c. self-censorship. d. conservatism.
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