Of the following correlation coefficients, which expresses the strongest
association?
a. .10
b. 0
c. -.50
d. -1.00
d
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Six-year-old Jean hits another child and steals the child's lunch money. A psychologist who takes a psychodynamic approach would suggest that Jean ____.?
a. ?learned that hitting someone would result in a reward b. ?has an unconscious drive for aggression, causing her to act out c. ?asserted herself, an example of bettering herself as a person d. ?hit the child for food, an adaptive mechanism to survive
Your text describes an experiment by Talarico and Rubin (2003) that measured people's memories of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 . Which of the following was the primary result of that research? a. Participants had very little confidence in the accuracy of their memories of the events 32 weeks after they occurred. b. Participants had a very high level of confidence of the
terrorist events and also had high confidence in theirpresent "everyday" memories 32 weeks later. c. Participants had high confidence in the accuracy of their memories of the terrorist events 32 weeks later, but when actually tested made significant errors when asked what they were doing on the day of the attacks. d. After 32 weeks, participants had a high level of confidence in their memories of the terrorist events, butlower belief in their memories of "everyday" events.
Which of the following best illustrates young children's understanding of pragmatics?
a. When playing, children adjust their language, using more commands in dominant roles (e.g., doctor) than in subordinate roles (e.g., patients). b. Children learn how to count without understanding that each number corresponds to an amount. c. Children learn that adding an "s" to words makes them plural. d. Children learn that other people can hold different beliefs and desires than they do.
Can you match the specialties on the left with their defining credentials and approaches on the right?
1. psychotherapist 2. psychiatrist 3. clinical psychologist 4. research psychologist 5. psychoanalyst a. trained in a therapeutic approach started by Freud b. has a PhD, PsyD, or EdD, and does research on, or psychotherapy for, mental health problems c. may have any credential, or none d. has an advanced degree (usually a PhD) and does applied or basic research e. has an MD; tends to take a medical approach to mental health problems Answer Key