Many adolescents feel that their own thoughts and experiences are far more extraordinary than those of other people. This is part of their
personal fable.
post-operational thought.
moral reasoning.
invincibility fable.
personal fable.
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Self-fulfilling prophecies perpetuate stereotypes by
a. increasing the likelihood that perceivers create subtypes. b. eliciting stereotype-confirming behavior from targets. c. threatening individual self-esteem. d. reducing in group favoritism.
Shaquille has been selected to be the foreperson of his jury. It is likely that Shaquille will
a. exert more influence over the jury's decision than other members of the jury. b. spend more time than other jurors discussing procedural items. c. be especially liked because he had never served on a jury before. d. spend more time than other jurors expressing his opinion.
"I am the Queen of Europe." Which symptom of schizophrenia is this?
a. Delusions of grandeur b. Paranoid delusions c. Delusions of persecution d. Visual hallucinations
Which of the following reasons is NOT a reason why people are often limited in their ability to explain the causes of others' behavior?
A) The act of observing the behavior might change it. B) People are biased to try to confirm what they already believe and expect. C) People's observations come from a limited, idiosyncratic perspective. D) People spend as much cognitive energy as possible trying to uncover why a given situation happened.