Saul is a cytotechnologist in training. He is asked to screen a series of tissue samples for precancerous cells. His supervisor checks his work and determines that Saul greatly overestimated the number of samples containing precancerous cells. This may be due to the fact that Saul lost his mother to cancer early in life, and is extra cautious about missing indications of cancerous cells in the
samples. This illustrates ____.?
a. ?false alarms
b. ?sham hits
c. ?loss aversion
d. ?erroneous judgment
ANSWER:
a
Psychology
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Fill in the blank with correct word
Psychology
People who are engaged in obsessive-compulsive behavior are most likely to do so because it
a. projects their anxiety onto an acceptable object. b. reduces their anxiety. c. displaces their anxiety. d. satisfies their need for perfection. e. prevents them from developing phobias.
Psychology