Reinhold is filling out the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and as he responds to each item, he selects the alternative that he thinks will present the most favorable impression. Reinhold's answers reflect
a. a social desirability bias.
b. a negative response set.
c. the placebo effect.
d. non-representative sampling.
A
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a. the importance of internal conflicts and unconscious forces. b. how random activity in lower brain centers results in the manufacture of relatively bizarre dreams by higher brain centers. c. that dreams reflect everyday waking thoughts and emotions. d. the detached part of the dreamer's awareness that silently observes events.
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