Sigmund Freud suggested that in therapy a person may
transfer important intense, unrealistic feelings and expectations from their past onto the therapist, so that their relationship mirrors other relationships in the client's life. Another possibility, however, is that stable personality traits in the client may cause him or her to simply react in similar ways to different people. This is an important reminder of the critical thinking concept of
A) ruling out rival hypotheses.
B) replicability.
C) falsifiability.
D) extraordinary claims.
Answer: A
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A. attachment-in-the making phase; transition-to-separation phase; and clear-cut-attachment phase B. initial-preattachment phase; transition-to-separation phase; and exploration and autonomy phase C. attachment-in-the making phase; clear-cut-attachment phase; and exploration and autonomy phase D. initial-preattachment phase; attachment-in-the-making phase; and clear-cut-attachment phase
Jean Piaget hypothesized that cognitive development progressed
a. as a slow lifetime process. c. as a quantitative change process. b. as a result of heredity. d. as an orderly sequence of stages.
The threshold on a dose-response curve is the
A. point at which the dose of the drug causes maximal response. B. lowest dose at which there is an observable effect of the drug. C. safe effective dose of the drug. D. therapeutic index of the drug.
Janie has been drinking too much. Which of her abilities has probably not been affected by her alcohol consumption?
a. her depth perception c. her memory b. her perception of loud sounds d. her judgment