Which of the following is true of Franz Mesmer?

a. He dispelled the belief in animal magnetism.
b. He believed that redistributing a person’s magnetic force field could restore one’s health.
c. He proclaimed the use of exorcism as the only way to restore normal behavior.
d. He uncovered fraudulent “natural healers.”


b. He believed that redistributing a person’s magnetic force field could restore one’s health.

Psychology

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a. Brogden-Cronbach-Gleser formula b. Taylor-Russell Tables c. expectancy charts d. Lawshe tables

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According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the needs that become activated after our love and belongingness needs have been met are:

a. safety needs b. physiological needs c. self-actualization needs d. esteem needs

Psychology

The ________ is defined as a person's desire to strive for and attain challenging accomplishments.

A. need for affiliation B. need for self-actualization C. need for achievement D. need for supremacy

Psychology

Randy is running a study on alcohol and aggressive behavior. He randomly divides his subjects into two groups because he knows that if he allows his subjects to choose their own groups, aggressive subjects will tend to choose the group receiving alcohol while non-aggressive subjects will tend to choose the group receiving no alcohol. He then would not be able to distinguish the effects of the alcohol from the effects of subjects' innate aggressiveness. This tendency of his aggressive subjects to choose the alcohol group is called a(n) _______.

a. placebo effect b. response set c. experimental blind d. selection factor

Psychology