According to the text, clinical psychologists do not appear to be particularly good at predicting future behavior. For instance, many studies show that violence is often overpredicted for both __________ and __________
a. men; convicted felons
b. men; African Americans
c. African Americans; convicted felons
d. men; adolescents
B
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Recent research on the importance of social networks suggests that ____
a. people seek out friends to give meaning to their lives b. people believe that those with no friends means have meaningless lives c. people who feel connected to a strong social network see life as more meaningful d. people who lack friends have negative beliefs about life in general
In a study on roommate preference, people who had to choose which of three hypothetical candidates would be the best roommate made the BEST decision when:
A) they were allowed to deliberate over the pros and cons of each person. B) they were forced to make a snap decision immediately after hearing a description of the three people. C) they were given time to unconsciously deliberate on the potential roommates while actively engaged in an unrelated problem-solving task. D) the descriptions of the potential roommates were presented subliminally instead of consciously.
Maura and Trish are eighth graders who have been caught smoking. Maura's parents yell at her, ground her for a month, and take away her television and iPhone for two months
Trish's parents talk to her about their disappointment and concern; additionally, they make her spend every afternoon for a week at the library researching the dangers of smoking and discussing her findings with them each night at dinner. Most likely, Maura's parents are __________ and Trish's are __________. a) authoritarian; permissive b) authoritarian; authoritative c) authoritative; permissive d) authoritative; authoritarian
Which of these would a dissonance theorist see as the most likely reason a smoker
would reject the conclusions of the Surgeon General's report? (a) the representativeness heuristic makes the conclusion seem unlikely (b) an analysis with a 2 x 2 table makes the conclusion seem unlikely (c) the tension that would result between behavior and belief if he or she accepted the report (d) the foot in the mouth effect