Giving a person a high score or high rating on one question simply because he or she scores high

on other questions is referred to as the

A) response set. B) halo effect.
C) central tendency error. D) leniency error.


B

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Which type of therapy focuses on helping families focus on changing disruptive patterns of communication and improving the ways in which members relate to each other?

a. group therapy b. marital therapy c. couples therapy d. family therapy e. behavioral modification

Psychology

Regarding extinction and spontaneous recovery, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. Just as acquiring an operant response takes time, so does extinction. b. Even after extinction seems complete, the previously reinforced response may return. c. If a response is extinguished and come back, the extinction process usually takes longer the second time. d. Spontaneous recovery is very adaptive because it is a way of checking to see if the rules have changed.

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________ memory refers to memories of personally experienced events and the contexts in which they occurred

a. Semantic b. Procedural c. Flashbulb d. Episodic

Psychology

Bipolar disorder involves episodes of mania alone

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Psychology