Which of the following is an example of koro?
a. A Honduran has a history of mumbling to himself and describing vivid hallucinations.
b. A Laotian is plagued by fear and trembling after the death of a parent.
c. A woman in a remote Chinese village has an illness that she blames on spirit possession.
d. In South and East Asia, a man suddenly develops a fear that his penis will withdraw into his body.
D
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Which of the following is a function of the medulla of the brain?
A) It serves as a relay station for sensory stimulation. B) It receives messages from skin senses all over the body. C) It plays roles in sleeping, sneezing, and coughing. D) It regulates body temperature and concentration of fluids.
For a group of 60 people--50 men and 10 women--a distribution of weights would likely be:
a. normal. b. positively skewed. c. negatively skewed. d. bell-shaped.
One of Watson's most enduring contributions to psychology was his
a. application of technology to human behavioral problems. b. emphasis on objectivity in psychological research. c. invention of new laboratory techniques for measuring behavior. d. insistence that mental events are appropriate subjects for psychologists to study. e. discovery of the law of effect.
In contrast to adult sexual assault, child sexual abuse
A) involves more force. B) always involves penetration. C) generally involves the use of restraints. D) rarely involves the use of force.