For as long as Shelley can remember, her grandmother has always been sick. She goes from doctor to doctor, even though they keep telling her she is in excellent health. Her grandmother insists the doctors don't know what they are talking about. She is sure she has some terrible disease. The doctor explains to Shelley that her grandmother is exhibiting
a. conversion disorder. c. hypochondriasis.
b. pain disorder. d. disease phobia.
C
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What procedure do psychologists recommend to reduce the probability that a witness will identify an incorrect person in a police lineup? a. Encourage the witness to identify someone
b. Let the witness examine all suspects repeatedly before making a choice. c. Ask for a confidence level percentage instead of a definite yes or no. d. Identify to the witness the person the police most strongly suspect.
Lucas, age 3,has begun to play make believe and can understand when his friend is feeling sad. Psychologists would say that Lucas has developed __________.
A. a theory of mind B. an authoritarian style C. a permissive play style D. decreased myelination of the frontal lobe
Animations that grafted emotion-conveying faces onto toy trains have been developed to alleviate symptoms of
A) stranger anxiety. B) MMR vaccinations. C) infantile amnesia. D) autism
Donna is playing in a basketball game, and when she makes a 3-point basket, she is ecstatic and tells her coach that it shows how all her practice has paid off. However, later in the game, she misses an almost identical shot and tells her coach that an opposing player distracted her. Donna's attributions for her performance in making 3-point baskets are consistent with:
a. the fundamental attribution error b. a self-fulfilling prophecy c. a self-serving bias d. cognitive dissonance theory