A friend of yours asks, "Isn't it easy to tell when a person is faking the symptoms of dissociative identity disorder?" What would be an accurate answer?

a. "No, because there is no way to accurately determine the existence of multiple personalities."
b. "Yes, you can give them personality tests, those can't be faked."
c. "Yes, diagnosis is usually done after hypnosis, when people are most truthful."
d. "Yes, differences in EEG tracing prove who is showing a different personality and who is not."

a

Psychology

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a. Statistical analyses show that all varieties of intelligence tests are highly correlated with one another. b. Most individuals who score high on verbal tests also score high on quantitative and performance tests. c. Some individuals score high on verbal tests but very low on quantitative tests, and vice versa. d. Some people would rather listen to a lecture than view a film because they are "auditory" learners.

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What are some problems with law enforcement agencies using polygraph machines to detect lies and deception? What other technologies are researchers trying to use to measure the physiological signs of lying?

What will be an ideal response?

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