Mr. Dithering, an office manager of a service company, believes that he is an excellent judge of character and that he can spot a talented prospective employee in a brief interview. Often he will point out his successful hires, but fails to acknowledge poorly performing employees he hired. What does Mr. Dithering's judgment suffer from?
a. divergent thinking c. overconfidence
b. inductive reasoning d. a lack of confidence
C
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Research has demonstrated that the matching hypothesis holds true for ____
a. opposite-sex romantic relationships (but in no other cases) b. all types of romantic relationships (but not for friendships) c. all types of romantic relationships and for female-female friendships (but not for male-male friendships or female-male friendships) d. all types of romantic relationships and all types of friendships
When the members of a group seek consensus and ignore or suppress dissenting opinions, the process that is at work is called:
a. group polarization b. informational social influence c. groupthink d. social interference
Which catchphrase BEST captures psychopathologists’ current understanding of the origins of mental illness?
a. nature, not nurture b. nurture, not nature c. nature or nurture d. nature and nurture
The Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 did what?
A. It removed the volitional prong of the ALI rule. B. It made the Brawner rule the standard for federal cases. C. It removed the appreciating the nature of the act par of the M'Naghten test. D. It placed the burden of proof for sanity on the prosecution.