The above average effect is ________
A) the tendency for above average people to feel positively about themselves
B) thinking that negative social feedback about ourselves is incorrect
C) the tendency to inflate our estimate of others' standing on most social traits
D) thinking that we are above average on most social traits
E) the tendency to think that significant others are above average on most social traits
Answer: D
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a. The manual strongly emphasizes reliability, sometimes at the expense of validity. b. The manual makes too many recommendations regarding appropriate treatment approaches. c. The manual has placed too much emphasis on the 5-axis system. d. The manual is too tied to one specific theoretical approach to psychopathology (the behavioral model).
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