Which type of bias or error most thoroughly explains the phenomenon of Clever Hans?
a. The placebo effect
b. The observer-expectancy effect
c. The double-blind effect
d. The subject expectancy effect
Answer: B
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a. Some psychologists have questioned whether repression exists. b. When people experience painful emotional events, they avoid all thoughts associated with these events, which tends to keep cues out of mind that could trigger a painful memory. c. Active suppression of the memory may become true repression. d. Repression is the conscious effort to put something out of mind or to keep it from awareness.
Almost any behavior can be judged to be normal or abnormal depending on the specific circumstances present. This qualification for judging whether or not a behavior is abnormal is referred to as
a. situational context. b. subjective judgment. c. environmental selectivity. d. personal relativity.
During the synthesis of the neurotransmitter _________, a precursor is released from synaptic vesicles back into the intracellular fluid for conversion by the enzyme PNMT
a. dopamine b. norepinephrine c. epinephrine d. serotonin
A cut made with surgical scissors to avoid tearing of the perineum at the end of the second stage of labor is referred to as ____
a. episiotomy c. engagement b. sampling d. effacement