As part of their therapy, clients learn to evaluate their unusual thoughts, track the accuracy of "magical" predictions, and reconnect with the world and with their limitations. The diagnoses of these clients would MOST likely be in which of the following broad categories of personality disorder?

The ________ was created by Julian Rotter to measure our sense of personal power

a. Internal-External Locus of Control Scale b. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory c. Thematic Apperception Test d. Rorschach Test e. Stanford-Binet scale

Developmental psychologists have attempted to identify the effects of many specific childrearing practices on children's personality traits. The problem with this line of research, which was discussed in the textbook, is that:

a. parents who use physical punishment won't be honest with the researchers. b. psychologists cannot agree on whether to use cross-sectional or longitudinal approaches. c. it is difficult to recruit parents to serve as participants in this research. d. parents are inconsistent from day to day and over the years.