Liz is uncertain about her goals, values, loyalties, career, and friends. Sometimes she is not even certain if she is heterosexual or a lesbian. She feels bored, empty, and is terrified of being alone. She clings desperately to her friends because of her fear of abandonment. However, her clinging behavior and her oversensitivity to any sign of rejection often pushes away those friends. Liz is most likely suffering from ______ personality disorder.
a. avoidant
b. borderline
c. histrionic
d. dependent
B
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a. digit-symbol coding subtest. b. matrix reasoning subtest. c. block design subtest. d. information subtest.
Biological psychology is the study of the __________ changes that cause, or occur in response to, behavior and mental processes.
A. physical and chemical B. naturalistic C. social and physical D. cognitive
According to the article Pants on Fire about detection of high stake lies, the liars were lying about
(a) their grades in psychology classes (b) taking some money and their opinion on social issues (c) something in their past which they felt they could lie about and not be detected (d) a selection of their favorite things, such as their favorite color
Why is it important that language elements are related to each other hierarchically?
A. Having a leveled structure makes it easier to encode and comprehend a variety of phonemes. B. A strictly hierarchical structure helps us to differentiate between spoken and written messages. C. A leveled structure allows us to invent new phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that others can understand and respond to. D. Hierarchical structure allows infants to acquire language systematically--first nouns, then verbs, then modifiers, and so on.