When a person has a mental illness he or she ________

a. is diagnosed as insane.
b. engages in socially unusual behavior.
c. is engaging in a statistically rare behavior.
d. may or may have symptoms that are extremely common.


Answer: d

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A. bisexual B. lesbian C. gay D. transgender

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Carl Rogers developed

a. Gestalt therapy. b. brief psychodynamic therapy. c. existential therapy. d. person-centered therapy.

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a. ?memory highlight b. ?fabricated memory c. ?implicit memory d. ?flashbulb memory

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In a study that is described in the textbook, college students were asked to either perform or imagine performing actions. On a future memory test, researchers found that the students

a. sometimes believed they had performed actions that they had only imagined. b. remembered performing only bizarre actions. c. remembered performing only ordinary actions. d. tended to believe that they had imagined actions they had actually performed.

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