A lawyer who wanted to have an expert witness testify at a hearing to determine whether or not his client was competent to stand trial would need to contact a psychologist whose specialty was
A. psychometrics.
B. social psychology.
C. clinical neuropsychology.
D. forensic psychology.
Answer: D. forensic psychology.
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a. Since the z-value does not fall within the region of rejection, we should not conclude that this sample mean represents some other population b. The average number of times an event occurs in the population of events c. The proportion of times an event occurs in the population of events d. The proportion of times all events occur
Lois, who has a fear of elevators, watches as Carole gets on an elevator, goes up a floor, then comes back down and exits the elevator. Lois then imitates the actions performed by Carole. What is this type of therapy called?
a. flooding c. modeling b. extinction d. catharsis
With respect to involuntary and voluntary capture of attention,
a. voluntary attention can influence involuntary attention. b. involuntary attention can influence voluntary attention. c. involuntary and voluntary attention never interact. d. None of these
Piaget termed the cognitive stage from age 7 to 11 the stage of concrete operations. During this stage, children become capable of ____
a. object permanence b. thinking abstractly and hypothetically c. using mental operations d. examining the world scientifically