Deliberately looking for and paying attention to information that is consistent with one's attitudes is

a. selective elaboration. c. selective exposure.
b. selective avoidance. d. selective appeal.


C

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a. True b. False

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Multimodal assessment is important because

a. disorders generally involve more than one mode. b. not every mode works for every client. c. covert behaviors are difficult to uncover. d. incommunicative patients present a challenge.

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Even though Randa recently went through a divorce and her daughter moved across the country, she still feels relatively positive about her life and continues to maintain strong social ties. She knows that these hard times will fade and changes her expectations accordingly. Randa seems to have

A. learned by using social referencing. B. reached her optimal level of arousal. C. a high need for achievement. D. achieved well-being.

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The disastrous decisions made in such historical events as the Watergate cover-up, the Challenger disaster, and the Bay of Pigs invasion were due primarily to ______

a. risky shift b. polarization c. groupthink d. altruism

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