In predicting dangerousness, clinicians tend to have an excess of ______
a. true positives c. false positives
b. true negatives d. false negatives
C
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Carl Rogers
a. was born in Europe. b. grew up in a family with devout religious beliefs. c. received his professional training in psychiatry. d. none of the above
Which of the following observations convinced many scientists and physicians that environmental agents can seriously harm human embryos?
a. Infants born to mothers exposed to atomic fallout had behavioral problems. b. Mothers exposed to rubella gave birth to fetuses with various anomalies. c. Mothers treated with thalidomide during pregnancy gave birth to severely deformed children. d. Mothers with a family history of a disorder were more likely to give birth to a baby with a birth defect.
Recent ideas about language development emphasize
A) imitation and reinforcement. B) a universal grammar. C) operant conditioning. D) interactions between inner capacities and environmental influences.
In visual sensation, roughly 120 million bits of information are processed by the visual receptors (rods and cones). However, only about 1 million bits of information are transmitted to the brain via the optic nerve
By what mechanism does this information compression take place? a) Multiple receptors may activate a single bipolar cell b) Some bipolar cells block the transmission of redundant information. c) Only receptors in the fovea can activate bipolar cells. d) The optic nerve can only be activated by some bipolar cells.