Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of narcissism?
a. an easily threatened self-concept
b. a highly positive self-concept
c. craving for approval from others
d. a strong need to forge bonds with others
D
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Which of the following was the first endeavor of Carl Rogers in the field of psychology after he received his Ph.D. in 1931?
a. Diagnosing and treating delinquent and underprivileged children b. Conducting experiments with higher primates c. Assessing the functioning of the psyche and the supernatural d. Running statistical analyses of opinion surveys
Systematized delusions of grandeur, persecution, and/or jealousy, often involving themes of persecution and wrongdoing, are observed in patients diagnosed with
a. paranoid schizophrenia. c. catatonic schizophrenia. b. delusional disorder. d. disorganized schizophrenia.
Frequency, amplitude, and saturation are three separate aspects of our experience of ________
a) night vision b) color c) acuity d) sensation
Mark and Kathy take their 2-year-old son to the supermarket every Saturday. Each week, the same sequence of events unfolds: Their son screams, demanding that they buy him treats. Although they refuse to give in to his demands, he continues to scream. Finally, either Mark or Kathy gets in their son's face and yells at the top of their lungs "Shut up!" He stops screaming instantly. What operant conditioning concepts are illustrated in this story?
a. The parents are using negative reinforcement to increase their son's screaming. b. The parents are in a very dysfunctional marriage; their child's screaming is his way of trying to get his parents to remain married. c. The parents are using punishment to suppress the screaming; their use of punishment is negatively reinforced by the cessation of screaming. d. Their son probably learned how to scream by observing his parents at home, and now he is reinforced on a variable-interval schedule of reinforcement. e. The parents are using classical conditioning, and the screaming is a conditioned response.