According to research by Ekman and colleagues (1999), which of the following professionals has the highest rate of being able to detect when they are being lied to?

A) Federal officers
B) Sheriffs
C) Clinical psychologists
D) Federal judges


Answer: A

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A. one of the Wechsler scales B. the Stanford-Binet C. the K-ABC D. the MMPI-2

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Janai is currently 40 years old. When she was 7 years old, she saw her grandfather fall down the stairs after he had a stroke. At the time, she visited him in the hospital every day for the 6 months it took him to recover. Today, Janai has no memory of her grandfather, his stroke, or her visits to him in the hospital. According to Freud, Janai may be:

a. showing signs of proactive interference b. experiencing retrograde amnesia c. suffering from Korsakoff's Syndrome d. using repression to push the memories out of her conscious awareness

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Like Freud, Erikson felt that problems and conflicts that arise in early childhood could adversely affect later adult personality

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Primary drives are caused by __________

a) exceptions to the drive-reduction principle. b) learned behaviors. c) stimuli within the body. d) stimuli outside the body.

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