What might explain the self-stimulation behavior of children with ASD?
a. It is probably a form of death wish.
b. It may help to make a terrifying world more constant and predictable.
c. There is really no explanation.
d. It is an effort to overcome social isolation.
Answer: b.
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a. paying attention to the base rate of the diseases. b. showing the confirmation bias. c. demonstrating the small-sample fallacy. d. combining the availability heuristic with the representativeness heuristic.
All of the following are among the seven conflicts that Erikson believes adolescents must resolve in order to achieve identity EXCEPT:
A) ideological commitment vs. confusion of values. B) ego-integrity vs. disgust and despair. C) leadership and followership vs. authority confusion. D) sexual polarization vs. bisexual confusion.