Factitious disorder was originally termed ________ after a baron who told tall tales
A) Tall tale syndrome
B) Proxy syndrome
C) Faker's syndrome
D) Munchausen syndrome
D
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Which of the following is not one of the criteria used by psychologists to determine whether a behavior is abnormal?
a. Morality b. Social deviance c. Dangerousness d. Unusualness e. Emotional distress
The assumption that we ourselves are smarter or kinder than others is a self-serving bias called the ________
a. fundamental attribution error b. just-world error c. self-enhancing bias d. entrapment bias
A nerve is a:
a. Single neuron b. Tract of neurons in the CNS c. Group of cell bodies d. Bundle of axons in the periphery
A firm wants to evaluate a leadership program. Upper-level managers are asked to evaluate the leadership of their mid-level managers and then pair up managers having about the same levels. One member of each pair is assigned to the program which consists of extreme physical exertion such as mountain climbing. Although only half of those selected completed the program, one year later those mangers
completing the program were compared on leadership ability to their matched pairs who had not taken the program. It was found that those completing the program were rated higher than their matched pairs. What threat to internal validity might be operating here? A) selection B) history C) mortality D) statistical regression