A strong, persistent, and unwarranted fear of some specific object or situation is referred to as ____

a. a phobia c. negative appraisal
b. generalized anxiety d. panic disorder

A

Psychology

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During an interrogation, an FBI agent tries to scare a suspect into making a confession by saying

"You know, they have this new type of lie detector that can measure activity in different regions of the brain to determine whether a person is lying or telling the truth." What technology is the agent referring to? a. fMRI b. Computer Voice Stress Analyzer c. polygraph d. two-photon imaging

Psychology

The fact that people usually have too much confidence in the accuracy of their judgments is the definition of ________, according to the authors of your text

a. counterfactual thinking b. self-fulfilling prophecy c. controlled processing d. overconfidence barrier

Psychology