Fifteen-year-old Paula has run away from home several times. You are the school psychologist assigned to work with her. What do you suspect as the main factors in her decision to run away?
What will be an ideal response?
You might expect to hear about a high level of conflict between Paula and her parents. It is possible that there is alcoholism in the family or that she has experienced physical or sexual abuse. There may be other factors, such as low family income or parental neglect. Of course, none of these reasons may be behind her running away.
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A. self-schema B. person schema C. event schema D. subconscious schema
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a. is much easier to diagnose on the basis of appearance b. is much more prevalent c. has little to do with self-control d. is unrelated to body size concern or weight
Which of the following is NOT a limitation of the study by Strayer and Johnston (2001) on cell phone use while driving?
a. The authors did not realize that they created a triple task and that their baseline condition was actually dual-task. b. The authors did not show that the pursuit-tracking task is a valid substitute for actual driving. c. The authors did not report performance on the pursuit-tracking task. d. The authors used reaction time on a secondary task as a measure of distraction.
Which of the following would be considered a neo-Freudian?
a. Max Wertheimer b. Abraham Maslow c. Edward Titchener d. Carl Jung