Peng and Nisbett (1999) conducted studies comparing Chinese and American college students. They found that Chinese students were more likely than the Americans to prefer ____

a. non-pragmatic solutions
b. pragmatic solutions
c. formal operational thought containing no contradictions
d. dialectical proverbs containing contradictions

D. Chinese students preferred dialectical proverbs containing contradictions.

Psychology

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Rather than seeking to eliminate hallucinations and delusions, which form of therapy helps people learn to reinterpret their hallucinations and change their reactions to the hallucinations?

A) cognitive-behavioral. B) milieu. C) insight. D) medical.

Psychology

Which of these describes a disorder that could be called "psychophysiological?"

a) a disorder caused by brain tumors b) a disorder that is symbolically related to physiological events c) a disorder that is untreatable with traditional medical techniques d) a disorder that is closely related to psychologically meaningful events

Psychology