Joshua classifies each person he meets as either sensitive or insensitive. A cognitive personality theorist would probably say that sensitive-insensitive is an example of a

A. personal construct.
B. prototype.
C. self-schema.
D. possible self.


A

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a. can differentiate phonemes. b. have cross-modal perception. c. have semantic awareness. d. possess visual accommodation.

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Aaron is asked by his therapist to relax and talk about any thoughts that come into his head, letting his thoughts move freely from one idea to the next. Aaron's therapist is using which psychoanalytic technique?

a. analysis of transference b. reciprocal inhibition c. reflection d. free association

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In epigenetics, the environment influences gene expression:

A) without changing the underlying DNA sequences that constitute the genes themselves. B) by changing the underlying DNA sequences that constitute the genes themselves. C) by decoupling chromosomal pairs. D) by changing the underlying DNA sequences on only one chromosomal pair.

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Which of the following is NOT a predictor of alcoholism?

a. Being the child of an alcoholic b. Feeling fewer effects of alcohol when drinking c. Having no exposure to alcohol when young d. Showing an abnormal P300 wave

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