In comparison to most people who commit suicide, people with schizophrenia have certain characteristics that do not occur as often in others. Which of these people best represents someone with schizophrenia who is likely to commit suicide?
a) Carl who is young, college-educated, and has a nondelusional negative view of his future
b) Frank who is 65 years old, dropped out of high school, and has several bizarre delusions
c) Vince who is 45 years old, never attended school, and has a non-chronic
form of schizophrenia
d) Alicia who is 40 years old, a high school graduate, and experiences
auditory hallucinations almost every day
a
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You spend long hours studying in the library one night, and you see other people that you don't know, also studying hard. Because of the actor-observer effect, what do you probably infer?
a. The others are very impressed with how hard you are studying. b. The others are very studious, although you are there because of tomorrow's test. c. The others are there because of a test tomorrow, the same as you. d. The others are probably less serious students than you are.
Ilan does not go out and remove dead branches from the yard even though his father has asked him to do so several times. As a result, his father turns off the television and says, "No more TV until you do your chores." Ilan is being taught through the process of
A. learned helplessness. B. penalty. C. negative reinforcement. D. avoidance conditioning.
Assuming the binomial distribution is appropriate, if N = 10 and P = 0.30, the probability of getting at least 8 P events is _________
a. 0.1493 c. 0.0015 b. 0.1211 d. 0.0014
Carlos was more convinced that his battalion did important work in Iraq after learning there were no weapons of mass destruction (the original invasion justification). What reason best explains Carlos' attitude shift?
A. cherry-picking data B. rationalization trap C. cognitive dissonance D. self-justification