Steve is on a first date with Nora. They are getting along well, when Nora suddenly hits Steve with a very deep question. "Where do you see yourself in 10 years, Steve?" she asks. Steve nearly chokes on his coffee, as he was just thinking about whether he'd get a goodnight kiss in an hour, not what he'd be doing in a decade. Nora has asked Steve to consider his ____
a. possible selves
b. ideal selves
c. personal fable
d. life story
a
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A. the cycle of violence hypothesis B. physical abuse C. psychological maltreatment D. an authoritarian parenting style
Metcalfe and Wiebe gave participants problems to solve and asked them to make "warmth" judgments every 15 seconds to indicate how close they felt they were to a solution. The purpose of this experiment was to
A. demonstrate a difference between how people solve insight and non-insight problems. B. show how people progress through the problem space as they solve a problem. C. show that some problems are easier to solve than others. D. measure the time-course of solving well-defined versus ill-defined problems.
Dr. Murdock is investigating to see if there is a relationship between mothers nutrition intake and the number of children born into a family. Which type of statistic should she use? Explain your choice.
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is an example of dissociative identity disorder?
a. Ed has a shy personality, but he sometimes abruptly takes on the personality of Sal, a rather brash scoundrel. b. Because of intense hostility toward her parents, Michelle had her name legally changed to "X". c. Eighty-year-old David has recently been having trouble remembering his name and past due to a circulation problem. d. Lisa, who believes that she is daughter of Joan of Arc, hears voices and often can be seen talking out loud to herself.