Hilda is on a low carbohydrate diet, which restricts her from eating foods such as white bread, potato chips, and pretzels. The more Hilda thinks about the fact that she cannot eat such foods, however, the more desperately she begins to crave them. Social psychologists refer to this kind of pattern as a(n) ____
a. oxymoronic attribution
b. ironic process
c. false activation
d. mental paradox
B
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Joelle has taken her son to see many doctors, claiming that he has Morgellons disease. She says that she often pulls organic fiber-like threads from his skin and that the boy has rashes and skin lesions that show infection. Which statement about this disease is accurate?
a. Dermatologists have found that it is caused by chronic allergies to pets. b. Research conducted by the CDC failed to find a medical explanation. c. Patients with the condition respond well to treatment with wide-spectrum antifungals topical and oral. d. It appears to be associated with poor personal hygiene.
Higher doses of GHB can result in any of the following EXCEPT
a. violent, aggressive behaviors toward others. b. the inhibition of the gag reflex so that persons choke to death on their own vomit. c. loss of consciousness. d. coma or death.
Which statement about cultural differences in language use related to colour is TRUE?
A) Russians have two completely different words for light and dark blue. B) The Dani in New Guinea have two completely different words for red and blue. C) The Himba in Namibia have only two words for colour, corresponding to "light" and "dark." D) The Himba in Namibia have more colour-related words than do both the Dani and the Russians.
What are raw scores?
A. points on an interval or ratio scale B. the most basic scores calculated from a test C. the correct answer to a test question D. numbers assigned to a norm group