Which of the following statements MOST accurately reflects current thinking about psychosis and schizophrenia?
A) Psychotic behavior is best labeled as schizophrenia.
B) Schizophrenia and psychosis are two distinctly different syndromes.
C) People with different diagnoses can exhibit psychosis; it's not limited to schizophrenia.
D) People with bipolar disorder or major depression don't exhibit psychosis; only people with schizophrenia do.
Ans: C) People with different diagnoses can exhibit psychosis; it's not limited to schizophrenia.
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b. Most people who have trouble seeing green have trouble seeing red also. c. Color vision is best in the center of vision and declines toward the periphery. d. In faint light, we see little more than shades of white and gray.
Jamar has been concerned that some of his lapses in memory might signal oncoming dementia. To determine if these changes are normal or an early form of dementia, a clinician may administer the
a. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and the Halstead-Reitan test. b. Wechsler Child Intelligence Scale and the Piaget test. c. Chomsky Intelligence Analysis test and the Halstead-Reitan test. d. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Elders and the Stroop test.
In Solomon Asch’s classic study, 75% of the participants announced wrong answers in a task that required them to state which of three lines matched a “standard line.” What psychological principle did the results of Asch’s experiment support?
A. door-in-the face technique B. norm of reciprocity C. attitudinal influence D. temperament influence E. conformity
Which of these best fits the reason why the authors of the VIA-IS chose to organize strengths under 6 overarching virtues?
a. The virtues are seen cross-culturally and throughout time. b. The strengths are not observable on their own, but rather as a whole. c. To understand each virtue’s prevalence within six ethnic groups. d. To eliminate the strengths that fit outside of those virtues.