When parents attempt to mediate conflicts that arise between two young children who are playing,
a. the children will have greater difficulty solving conflicts on their own.
b. the children will become less cooperative with each other.
c. the children will play more cooperatively and longer.
d. it will have no effect on the children's play behavior.
c
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Free association and dream analysis __________.
A. are techniques typically used with hypnotized subjects B. provide insight into the workings of the unconscious C. were developed in the early 1800s D. have been used extensively in behavioral therapy
Which of the following is one of the criteria for a personality disorder diagnosis?
a. The patient's behavior must reflect a lack of impulse control. b. The patient must experience mild irritability. c. Signs of psychosis must be present. d. The person's behavior problems must cause them distress or impairment.
Consider the typical behaviors of untreated BPD. Given that romantic partners or family members may experience such behavior repeatedly, which psychological symptom or disorder could they most plausibly develop as a result?
A. Dissociative amnesia, because the secondary trauma of the person's bad behavior could cause forgetting as a defense mechanism B. Learned helplessness, because you may learn that your efforts don't matter based on the unpredictability of their attitudes and judgments C. Schizophrenia, because their unjustified beliefs may eventually convince you, and may qualify as delusions D. ASPD, because the difficulty making a meaningful or intimate connection may result in reduced empathy
Two police officers are at the scene of a traffic accident. After talking to several people, Officer Jones reported the driver who rear-ended the other vehicle was traveling close to 50 mph in a 35 mph zone
Officer Smith, however, disagreed. Based on the people he talked to, the driver was traveling about 38 mph. Their captain asked you to find out how they could disagree so much. You found that Officer Jones asked "how fast was the car moving when it slammed into the other car?" while Officer Smith asked "how fast was the car moving when it bumped into the other car?" and told the captain it was a good example of (the) _________________. a. misinformation effect c. faulty eyewitness testimony b. natural variations d. context-dependent effect