What term is used for the legal procedure by which a person can be forced into mental health treatment, often in a mental hospital?

a) civil isolation
b) civil commitment
c) protective custody
d) state's right to protect


B

Psychology

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A major contribution of the psychodynamic theorists is _____

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Psychology

Sternberg (2006) has proposed that love relationships have three basic components. They include all but which of the following?

a. intimacy b. commitment c. passion d. sexuality

Psychology

People's tendency to take credit for their successes but downplay responsibility for their failures is termed:

A) self-verification. B) the self-serving bias. C) self-rationalization. D) narcissism.

Psychology

The longitudinal study by the 4-H Club (Bowers et al., 2014) of students who progressed from the 5th grade to the 12th grade found that a key predictor that an adolescent would later make a contribution to community or society is having

a. a high socioeconomic status. b. hopeful expectations for the future. c. a large and supportive peer group. d. a high grade-point average.

Psychology