Vince is extremely impressed with himself. Although he has only achieved a moderate amount of success, he thinks of himself as being uniquely special and deserving of the best of everything. Vince fantasizes frequently about great wealth and fame and does not really pay much attention to other people except to note how they react to him. Vince would most likely be diagnosed with ________
personality disorder.
a. antisocial
b. histrionic
c. narcissistic
d. dependent
c
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a. absence of stereotyped behavior and theory of mind b. intellectual ability and language development c. parental responsiveness and early intervention d. intact motor skills and sensory specialization
Recent studies show that compared to females, males tend to display superior performance in
a. meta-analysis. c. mental rotation. b. visualization. d. spatial creativity.
Imagine the following situation. Participants engage in a very dull task but are asked to tell another person that the task is very interesting. Some participants are paid $1 to tell this lie whereas others are paid $20. Based on cognitive dissonance,
what would you predict will occur? a) Both groups of participants will like the task. b) Neither group of participants will like the task. c) Participants who paid $1 will actually like the task more. d) Participants who paid $20 will actually like the task more.
The cognitive thought distortion defined as assuming excessive personal responsibility for negative events is _____.
A. all-or-nothing thinking B. catastrophizing C. personalization D. overgeneralization