The validity scales on the MMPI-2
a. are designed to detect habitual dishonesty.
b. identify antisocial or delinquent individuals.
c. detect unconscious motives the test taker might normally lie about.
d. detect attempts to make oneself look good or bad.
D
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a. a reflex arc b. a synapse c. flexion d. extension
Regarding conversion disorders, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. When a person has a conversion disorder, the symptoms tend to disappear when the victim is asleep or anesthetized. b. When a person has a conversion disorder, the symptoms tend to disappear when the victim is hypnotized. c. Victims of conversion reactions are strangely unconcerned about suddenly being disabled. d. Conversion disorders are one type of psychosomatic illness.
Which of the following states has as a main theme the ability to consider many possible solutions to a problem and the ability to systematically test those possibilities?
a. preoperational b. sensorimotor c. formal operations d. concrete operations
Which of these reinforcement schedules leads to the most resistance to extinction
in operant conditioning? (a) continuous (b) fixed ratio (c) reinforcing every response (d) there is no extinction in operant conditioning, only classical conditioning