Which of the following represented a "belief" effect?

a. Clinical psychologists deviate from the DSM-IV based on their personal views of cause–effect relations.
b. Israeli students tend to judge simultaneous events in history from Europe as occurring before the matched event in North America.
c. the confirmation bias
d. all of the above


Answer: d

Psychology

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It is time for a game of Jeopardy. The category is "Social Factors That Contribute to Stress." The revealed answer is "Lack of task variety or human contact." What will you say right before the buzzer sounds?

a) "What is one cause of job stress?" b) "What is one cause of poverty?" c) "What is road rage?" d) "What is overcrowding?"

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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A. effortful control B. positive affectivity C. negative affectivity D. extraversion/surgency

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