The psychological treatment that has been found to have significant effectiveness in helping patients with borderline personality disorder centers on
a. regressing patients to the time in their lives when they experienced trauma
b. removing the reinforcing attention that they have received for their disordered behavior in the past.
c. enrolling them in a 12-step program such as Alcoholics Anonymous.
d. learning to cope with life stressors in a more effective manner.
d
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What would happen if young people today took the same IQ tests that their grandparents used, with the same scoring standards?
a. The mean IQ score would be well below 100. b. The mean IQ score would be well above 100. c. The mean IQ score would still be 100, but the variation in scores would be less. d. The mean IQ score would still be 100, but the variation in scores would be greater.
The economic rule of thumb that only future costs and benefits, not past commitments, should be considered in making a decision is the
a. sunk cost principle. b. escalation effect. c. endowment effect. d. contingency model.
The third level in Maslow's hierarchy of needs is:
self-actualization. physiological. safety and security. love and belonging.
Back in 370 BC, Hippocrates suggested that personality traits and temperaments are explained by four of these.
a. Humors b. Blood types c. Body types d. Brain sizes