Prentice and Miller (1996) Found That Most College Students Overestimate

question 45

Multiple Choice

Prentice and Miller (1996) found that most college students overestimate how comfortable their peers are with alcohol on campus. This misperception is an example of

• A) pluralistic ignorance.
• B) psychological reactance.
• C) mass psychogenic illness.
• D) the chameleon effect.

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Definitions:

Sigmund Freud

Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Joseph Wolpe

A prominent psychologist known for developing systematic desensitization, a method used to treat phobias and anxiety by gradually exposing the patient to the anxiety source.

Biomedical Therapies

Treatments for mental disorders that involve physiological interventions, such as medication or electroconvulsive therapy, targeting the biological underpinnings of disorders.

Prescribed Drugs

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