On a cognitive level, people with OCD generally fail to realize that:
A) ?intrusive thoughts are uncommon and abnormal.
B) ?some thoughts are essentially respondents that are automatically elicited by certain stimuli.
C) ?obsessive thoughts are operants that require forceful elicitation by stimuli.
D) ?they constantly avoid responsibility for their behavior.
B
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Ted tends to think of himself as a workaholic and perfectionist. When he thinks back on college years, he remembers studying hard for exams and getting good grades (and tends to forget about the time he nearly failed a class, and disregard the many nights he spent partying). The way that Ted thinks about his college years illustrates the fact that people ____
a. believe that they have more control over their lives than they really do b. tend to have a poor understanding of how they are viewed by others c. revise or distort their memories to fit their current self-concepts d. see the world as a fair, just place
In the context of psychological perspectives, which of the following statements is most likely true of the cognitive perspective?
A. The particular language people learn and use shapes their way of thinking and perceiving. B. Behavior, thought, feelings, and personality are influenced by differences in basic genetic, epigenetic, and neurological systems between individuals. C. The immediate and larger environments impact and mold a person's personality from birth on. D. Early childhood experience and relationships with parents are guiding forces that shape personality development.