Although Marlene's emotional responses are usually restricted, at totally inappropriate times, she giggles. She also fantasizes aloud and speaks in an incoherent and absurd manner. Her behavior is extremely bizarre and childish. The best diagnosis for her is ____
a. schizophrenia c. schizophreniform disorder
b. brief psychotic disorder d. adjustment disorder
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From the section on conflict management, which of the following is one of the components of attitude adjustment?
a. Insist on being right. b. Point out flaws in the point of view of others. c. Make mountains out of molehills. d. Don't offer resistance.
The process of moving continuously closer to a final goal without ever digressing or going backward is ______
a. functional fixedness c. hill-climbing b. stepwise incrimination d. subgoal activation
Which of the following is an example of instinctive drift?
A. A pig shoves an object on the ground instead of learning to carry it in his mouth. B. A pigeon learns to guide a warhead to its target. C. A rat learns to run a maze for a cheese food reward instead of a peanut-butter reward. D. A rabbit learns to play with children in the park.
Which of the following is the biggest limitation of correlational research?
a.) It does not allow conclusions about cause and effect relationships. b.) Its results can only be applied to one subject at a time. c.) No relationship between variables is ever consistent, so findings cannot be applied to the real world. d.) The manipulation of a correlational variable requires an ABAB design, which is not always practical.