The tendency of persons being surveyed to give polite or socially desirable answers is known as the

a. Barnum effect.
b. courtesy bias.
c. experimenter bias.
d. self-fulfilling prophecy.

ANSWER: b

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a) Anna Freud. b) behaviorists. c) the Stone Center group. d) Otto Kernberg.

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It is hypothesized that in the reward _____ syndrome model of substance addiction, the reward center of the brain is not adequately stimulated by usual activities, so the individual turns to drugs to stimulate this pleasure pathway.

A. deficiency B. synergy C. activation D. stimulation

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