Which of the following persons would most likely be diagnosed with an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?
a. Adam is a perfectionist, who follows a rigid routine and prefers to be in control at all times.
b. Tommy is deeply mistrustful and suspicious of other's motives.
c. Darden is charming but is irresponsible and lacks guilt or remorse.
d. Walter is timid and uncomfortable in social situations, and fears evaluation.
A
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While taking a survey on her opinions on abortion rights, Carolyn feels very conflicted
On the one hand, she believes in a woman's right to choose to terminate a pregnancy if she wants to, but at the same time she feels like this is not a particularly popular answer. Most of her friends are very opposed to the idea of having an abortion. In order to make herself feel like a better person, Carolyn distorts her answers to the survey questions. Instead of being totally honest, she answers in ways that make her feel like a better person. This tendency to distort one's answer is called a(n) A) demand characteristic. B) confirmation heuristic. C) response set. D) confounding bias.
Unlike Piaget, Vygotsky believed that
A) language often distracts children from thinking about mental activities and behavior. B) egocentric speech interferes with children's attempts at constructing knowledge. C) children discover virtually all knowledge about the world through their own activity. D) language provides the foundation for all higher cognitive processes.