Valentino and colleagues wanted to know if positive relationships with mothers would protect children from the harm of maltreatment. What of the following is NOT correct regarding their research findings?
a. Children who had been physically abused had many symptoms regardless of whether their maternal representations were positive or negative.
b. Children who had not been maltreated had fewer symptoms regardless of whether their maternal representations were positive or negative.
c. Children who had been neglected had fewer symptoms when their maternal representations were negative.
d. A positive representation of the mother-child relationship reduces the impact of maltreatment.
c
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Distribution-free tests and parametric tests differ in their null hypotheses in that
a. distribution-free tests have a less specific null hypothesis. b. distribution-free tests make very strong assumptions about the mean. c. distribution-free tests don't really have a null hypothesis. d. parametric tests have rather loose null hypotheses.
All but which of the following mental health professionals are psychotherapists?
a. Cheryl, who works from the psychoanalytic perspective b. Tim, who is a couples therapist using behavioral techniques c. Lisa, who works from the humanistic perspective d. Frankie, who conducts therapy with groups using cognitive techniques e. Vernon, who administers electroconvulsive therapy to people experiencing severe depression
Any change in memory following listening to recordings with subliminal messages to improve memory is probably due to the effectiveness of subliminal messages.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which is an illustration of the defense mechanism "repression"?
a. Mary witnessed the death of her child but cannot remember it. b. Mark wants to remember what he ate for lunch but is not sure whether it was tuna or hamburger. c. Michael tells people he did not cheat in high school but knows it is untrue. d. Rachel thought about going to a party, but her mother forced her to stay home.