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383968720A severe disorder of thought and emotion associated with a loss of contact with reality is calledSchizophrenia
383968721___Includes at least one hypomanic episode and one episode of major depression.Bipolar disorder
383968722Major changes in sleep patterns, weight level, and feelings about one's self-worth characterizeMajor depressive disorder
383968723___ Is a repetitive behavior or mental act performed to reduce or prevent stress.Compulsion
383968724___Are persistent ideas, thoughts, or impulses that are unwanted and inappropriate, causing marked distress.Obsessions
383968725___ Is marked emotional disturbance after experiencing or witnessing a severely stressful event.Posttraumatic stress disorder
383968726In her autobiography, it isn't about cookin'; Paula Deen discusses her battle with agoraphobia, which caused her toFear being in a place where escape was difficult or impossible
383968727Marina has been having a lot of panic attacks lately. What can you predict about marina's future behavior?She will avoid the places and situations where the panic attacks occur
383968728A ___ is an intense fear of an object or situation that's greatly out of proportion to its actual threatPhobia
383968729This is the most common type of hallucination experienced by schizophrenicsAuditory
383968730Repeated an unexpected panic attacks can result inPanic disorder
383968731A brief, instance episode of extreme fear characterized by sweating, dizziness, racing heartbeat, and feelings of impending doom are signs of anPanic attack
383968732The prevalence of a disorder refers toThe percentage of persons who exhibit the symptoms of a particular disorder.
383968733Which is NOT a culture-bound syndrome?Schizophrenia
383968734___ Is an eating disorder marked by recurring patterns of bingeing and purging.Bulimia nervosa
383968735A concern with personal goals and increased individual self-esteem is most characteristic of those from ___cultures.Individualistic
383968736Which of the following is NOT on of the dimensions of the Big Five?Openness to experience
383968737A major difference between the humanists and both the behaviorists and psychoanalytic theorists is that the humanists focus onUnconscious information processing
383968738Radical behaviorists believe that free will isAn illusion
383968739Freud placed much more emphasis on ___than the Neo-Freudian.Sexuality
383968740Stewie has developed strong feelings for his mother and views his father as a rival for her attention. However he is afraid that his father will find out and interfere with these plans. Stewie is clearly immersed in the ____stage.Phallic
383968741The main conflict of the anal stage comes fromToilet training
383968742Which order is correct for Freud's psychosexual stages of development?Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
383968743Rationalization involvesProviding reasonable sounding explanations for unreasonable behaviors or failures
383968744According to Freud, defense mechanisms are unconscious attempts to reduce our feelings ofAnxiety
383968745The ___seeks to find a resolution between the competing demands of the ___.Superego; ID and ego
383968746Some authors relate Freud's personality structure to an iceberg, saying that the___is completely submerged in our unconscious.ID
383968747Which theory of personality is most concerned with understanding people's unconscious motivations?Psychoanalytic
383968748Susie is on the cheerleading squad, and her sister is in the band. What type of influence on personality is being exhibited?Shared environmental
383968749Psychologists believe that personality is largely the result ofMultiple factors
383968750___ Explains why Kit, who is an average tennis player, does fine when she is playing with her friends, but struggles during tournaments when there are lots of spectators.Social disruption
383968751Jack and Jill are working on a school project together. Jill does almost all the work because jack hardly contributed anything. The tendency to work less in groups is known asSocial loafing
383968752Research as shown that there are gender differences in aggression. These finding suggest thatHigher levels of testosterone may provide outward aggression in males
383968753Who is most likely to react aggressivelyKimberly, who lost her keys and was late for work
383968754Who is most likely to stop and help an elderly woman pick up the groceries she just dropped?Blair, who is thinking very hard about her recent break-up with her boyfriend chuck
383968755Helping others for unslefish reasons is calledAltruism
383968756Zimbardo concluded from his Stanford prison study that prisoners and guards adopted their designated roles more easily than anyone might have imagined because ofDeindividuation
383968757What is the moral or take-home message of Solomon Asch's series of experiments in which participants were asked to judge the lengths of lines? People will go to great lengths toFit in with others
383968758The tendency of people to alter their behavior as a result of group influences called?Conformity
383968759The unpleasant mental experience of tension resulting from two conflicting thoughts or beliefs is known as ___.Cognitive dissonance

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