Berman et al. (2015) observed that one source of error in evaluations of the suicide risk of patients is

A. how religious the evaluated patient is.
B. whether or not the patient has previously attempted suicide.
C. how religious the evaluating clinician is.
D. whether or not the clinician previously had a patient attempt suicide.


Answer: C

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a. examine with the client the social costs and benefits of holding and stating such beliefs. b. design a homework assignment that will enhance the client's cultural sensitivity. c. show respect and acceptance for the client as a person. d. object only if the therapist holds dissonant beliefs.

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Dr. Ayala conducts an experiment where she gives half her participants a yellow pill containing a drug that keeps them awake during psychology lectures. She gives the other half of her participants an identical-looking yellow pill that does not contain the drug. This experimental design controls for

A. experimenter bias. B. random variables. C. a placebo effect. D. confirmation bias.

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Vygotsky saw __________ play as the ideal social context for fostering cognitive development in early childhood

A) make-believe B) sensorimotor C) block D) parallel

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Sigmund Freud believed that nonverbal behaviors provide clues regarding

A. motivation.
B. intelligence.
C. achievement.
D. ethnicity.

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