The diagnosis and treatment of mental illness or abnormal behavior is known as
a. clinical psychology
b. behavioral psychology
c. social psychology
d. counseling psychology
Answer: a. clinical psychology
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a. observation b. projection c. interview d. questionnaire
Which statement about JB's performance on colour-meaning tasks is TRUE?
A) JB could verbally name colours presented to him. B) JB could associate the name of a colour with a name of an object (e.g., a yellow banana). C) JB could not sort colour patches into piles of red, green, and blue. D) JB could not match a colour to the word of the colour.
In the middle ages, people accused of being witches were often tested by being dunked in a river or pond. If they floated to the surface they were condemned as witches. If they sank and drowned they were posthumously acquitted
This test obviously lacks __________ a) reliability. b) norms. c) validity. d) bias.
The ability to focus on a specific piece of information without distraction is called
A) bootstrapping. B) overregularization. C) attention. D) metacognition.