Several clinician's look at the TAT results of a hospitalized patient. The patient described the characters on
the card as not speaking to each other. One clinician says this means the patient has a lot of unresolved
anger.
Another says it means the patient has a lot of social anxiety. The third says he thinks it means the
patient is uninterested in people and prefers to be alone. This demonstrates the following problem with the
TAT:
A) the amount of time it takes to score and interpet it.
B) scoring and interpretation is very subjective.
C) the pictures on the cards are old and dated.
D) the lack of training of clinicians on using it.
B
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a) Bandura's pet name for the dog used in the study. b) Bandura's loyal but strange assistant that carried out the study. c) Bandura's nickname that his wife had given him. d) the type of inflatable doll that was used in the study.
Based on the evolutionary explanations for aggression presented in your text, who is most likely to be physically aggressive?
a. an Asian American b. a woman c. an African American d. a man