Shorey (2001) found that the brutal death

of a Somolian prisoner in a Canadian military facility could have been prevented. One reason the beating was not stopped was the ________.
a) bystander effect
b) Zeitgeist
c) behaviorist effect
d) Canadian prison policy


ANS: a

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A. identify people at high risk for depression. B. predict students who will have at least one episode of major depression. C. determine those suffering more depressive symptoms after trauma. D. all of the above

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What has research shown with regard to mothers with depression and attachment?

a. They always have an avoidant attachment due to their mother's disengagement. b. Mothers who maintain a synchronistic relationship have infants who develop a secure attachment. c. Antidepressants interfere with the mother's emotional responsiveness to her infant. d. Infants are genetically predisposed to imitate the lack of affect that depressed mothers show.

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When Carrie tells her mother "I want," her mother asks, "What do you want?" This is an example of

A. prompting. B. scaffolding.  C. expansion. D. induction.

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Melissa has a tendency to categorize everything that happens to her as being either terrible or wonderful, with nothing in between. Melissa engages in which cognitive distortion?

a) Dichotomous thinking b) Minimization c) Personalization d) Selective abstraction

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