This section covered one possibility for why police officers could occasionally make the fatal error of shooting innocent people, due to priming and mental associations. If this is the case, how could officer training change this pattern? What kinds of exercises or procedures could prevent this type of error?
What will be an ideal response?
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Some psychologists believe the increase in the diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder in recent years in the United States reflects a "fad" because
a. the diagnosis is made mostly by younger doctors. b. the diagnosis is extremely rare in Great Britain. c. insurance companies will now cover its treatment. d. the growing interest in psychic phenomena has stimulated belief in the disorder.
Phil is being treated for obsessive-compulsive disorder. The treatment involves gradually exposing him to the anxiety-producing situation that Phil is trying to avoid. This treatment is called:
A. anxiety therapy B. avoidance therapy C. exposure therapy D. stimulus therapy
Statistically speaking, who is more likely to commit a crime of rape?
a. John, age 21, frequently watches online porn, hopes to find a future wife who is into traditional female roles such as taking care of the house, kids, and willing to be a stay-home mother when the kids are young b. Jacob, age 34, doesn't watch porn, stay-home father, has been experiencing a bout of depression c. Jim, age 40, grew up in an abusive home, works as a women's studies professor, occasionally watches lesbian porn d. Jennifer, age 31, sexually abused as a child, enjoys bondage and sadomasochist type of sex, currently in a long term relationship with her partner.
A researcher maintains that a person's self esteem level is largely inherited from his or her parents. From this she derives the prediction that children with low self esteem probably come from homes where one or both parents have low self esteem. In this case, the prediction is the
A. theory. B. hypothesis. C. independent variable. D. dependent variable.