For which of the following reasons is someone most likely to play the sick role?
A) ?To escape the demands of others.
B) ?To deflect attention from themselves.
C) ?To establish the basis for a malpractice lawsuit.
D) ?To continue to receive medical insurance payments.
A
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Knowledge about gender-role stereotypes is commonly held by nearly all children when they reach the early age of about
a. birth. b. one year. c. 18 months d. two years.
A classmate informs you that, while conducting a naturalistic observation study of children's play behavior, she had to ask the children to limit their play activity to only one area in the playground in order to make more accurate observations
Being familiar with observational methods, you should tell her that her study did not involve naturalistic observation because a. her study took place in a public setting. b. the play behavior was not naturally occurring. c. only one observation was made of the children's play behavior. d. naturalistic observational studies cannot be conducted with humans.
Which of the following is a misconception regarding hypnosis?
A. People are incapable of lying when hypnotized. B. People do not lose all will of their own when hypnotized. C. People cannot be induced to perform antisocial behaviors when hypnotized. D. People do not engage in self-destructive acts when hypnotized.
Dr. Jones' research centers on the relationship between changes in our thinking over the life span and changes in moral reasoning. Dr. Jones is most likely a
a. clinical psychologist. b. personality psychologist. c. psychiatrist. d. developmental psychologist.