Attractive females are expected to be warm and friendly, and those females who are considered to be attractive are treated in such a manner that they indeed respond in warm and friendly ways. According to Snyder, Tanke, and Berscheid (1977), this effect is a type of ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer: self-fulfilling prophecy
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Which of the following is true regarding gender differences in the diagnosis of depression?
a) Gender differences are nonexistent in college students and single adults. b) Gender differences get larger as adults get older. c) Gender differences in childhood tend to reverse themselves in adulthood. d) Women are always diagnosed with depression more than men, regardless of occupation.
While Penny is undergoing chemotherapy to treat her leukemia, she depends totally on her daughter to care for her, drive her to appointments, do her shopping, cleaning, and other household chores. According to the DSM-5, does Penny meet the criteria for dependent personality disorder?
a. Yes, because she is dependent on others and is unable to take care of her own responsibilities. b. No, not if the dependence is a temporary condition rather than pervasive. c. Maybe; the answer depends on whether one takes a categorical or taxometric approach to diagnosing personality disorders. d. No, Penny appears to exhibit traits of avoidant personality disorder, not dependent personality disorder.
According to the research about the writing process,
a. writing is produced by directly accessing semantic memory. b. the components of working memory are all active during writing. c. writing requires the extensive use of default assumptions and graceful degradation during parallel distributed processing. d. writing is essentially the same as speaking, except for the motor movements required to produce language.
In recent years, a consensus has emerged that ________ factors best characterize personality structure
a. three b. five c. seven d. sixteen