The case in your text of Ginny, the nurse who is bothered by insects, illustrates
A) a specific phobia.
B) the importance of confronting one's fears.
C) the extent to which social support mediates fear.
D) a classic case of agoraphobia.
A
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What evidence shows that an IQ test is "biased" against members of some group?
a. Members of that group believe the test is biased against them b. All the authors of the test were members of some other group. c. Members of that group have lower IQ scores, on average, than other groups do. d. Members of that group succeed in school better than their scores predict.
What type of interference occurs when previously learned information influences the encoding of new information?
A. Retroactive B. Proactive C. Retrograde D. Anterograde
What is a common criticism of Freud's theory of psychosexual stages? a. Different children go through the stages in different orders
b. His theory applies only to disorders and says nothing about normal development. c. His theory is difficult or impossible to test. d. The theory makes different predictions for girls than for boys.
In a grouped frequency distribution, one interval is listed as 50-59 . Assuming that the scores are measuring a continuous variable, what are the real limits for this interval?
a. 50 and 59 c. 49.5 and 59.5 b. 50.5 and 59.5 d. 49.5 and 60.5