Which of the following interpretive fallacies, as described by Meehl (1977), is best illustrated by the clinician who argues that a patient's psychotic delusions are real to him/her, and therefore non-pathological?
a. Uncle George's pancakes fallacy
b. sick-sick fallacy
c. multiple Napoleons fallacy
d. me-too fallacy
C
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A. repulsion B. the resting potential C. electrostatic pressure D. force of diffusion
Researchers studying positive and negative affect sometimes disagree on whether
A. positive and negative affect are related dimensions of emotion. B. men or women are higher in positive affect. C. we can identify relatively stable levels of affect. D. positive affect is related to social behavior.
Washburn systematically studied several categories of animal behavior in order to:
a. explain behavior as opposed to consciousness b. understand animal consciousness c. confirm many of the observations made by Romanes d. demonstrate that nonhuman animals are as intelligent as humans
Why is it important for people to be aware of the role our expectations play in our behavior towards others?
What will be an ideal response?