When interacting with a group you are biased against, you tend to focus on the observations that are consistent with your stereotypes and disregard any observations that are inconsistent. What is the term for this tendency?
a. Just-world hypothesis
b. Confirmation bias
c. Self-fulfilling prophecy
d. Other-fulfilling prophecy
b. Confirmation bias
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Superstitious behaviors are
a. repeated because they appear to produce reinforcement. b. necessary to produce response-contingent reinforcement. c. observed in animals, but not people. d. characterized by all of these.
Factors that can affect the accuracy of a polygraph test include all of the following EXCEPT
a. previous experience taking the test. c. biting down on your tongue. b. use of drugs or alcohol. d. gender of the respondent.
Nicholas is a bilingual child who sometimes produces an utterance in one language that contains one or more "guest" words from the other. Nicholas is engaging in
A) code switching. B) semantic bootstrapping. C) overregularization. D) telegraphic speech.
Many believe that the most important aspect of successful therapy is the __________ between client and therapist.
A. therapeutic alliance B. transference C. mindfulness D. authenticity