The term "sensitivity about being the target of threatening upward comparison" refers to ____

a. the tendency to compare oneself to unrealistically high standards and thus set oneself up for disappointment
b. a generalized tendency to worry excessively about what other people think of you
c. concern about not living up to others' expectations of you and therefore disappointing them
d. concern about outperforming others and having others resent you for it


D

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After an assessment, Dr. Find diagnoses her patient Lily as having a disorder of communication. According to the text, this is a kind of ____

a. ?aphasia b. ?neuropsychological disorder c. ?localization of dysfunction d. ?neurodegenerative disease

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In Raul's dream, he flew out the window of his car and up into the clouds. Raul's therapist interprets this dream to mean that Raul is feeling a strong need to be free "as a bird" rather than being tied down by his family and work responsibilities. This therapist's interpretation of Raul's dream is revealing which type of dream content?

a. NREM b. lucid c. manifest d. latent

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____________________, ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________ are measured by the Apgar test

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The school of psychology called functionalism was strongly influenced by the pioneering work of ____________

a) Sigmund Freud. b) Gustav Fechner. c) Ernst Weber. d) Charles Darwin.

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