Jeanette needed a large number of responses for her survey about taste preferences so she chose to do an internet survey. A significant problem she may have is _____
a) no one will respond to her survey.
b) her sample will not be representative.
c) her sample may be too big.
d) her sample may be representative.
Answer: b
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The despair of a person who is in Erikson's final psychosocial crisis is most likely caused by
a. their fear of dying. b. their decrease in mental ability and physical stamina. c. their incomplete resolution of earlier developmental crises. d. societal discrimination against the elderly. e. lack of social support from friends and family members.
Brenda is a psychiatrist, and has heard that one of her new patients is particularly difficult to treat. He won't take his medication, and has never shown much improvement from his illness
Brenda doesn't expect to be able to treat him successfully, and unintentionally treats this patient differently than her other ones. She is uncreative in how she approaches his therapy and medication, and after a few months also concludes that he is "incurable." Brenda's approach to this new patient best illustrates the power of a. self-fulfilling prophecies. b. persuasion. c. social cognition. d. individual differences.