Jack has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder. He has persistent thoughts that are upsetting and engages in ritualistic actions to reduce anxiety. He feels that he has control over his thoughts and actions, but chooses not to stop them. Jack's case is unusualis that OCD patients usually ____
a. do not feel they have control over their thoughts and actions
b. do not have upsetting thoughts
c. do not engage in ritualistic actions
d. are not male
A
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a. an automatic process that requires less attention and conscious effort b. a subliminal process that requires less attention and conscious effort c. an automatic process that requires more attention and conscious effort d. a dichotic process that requires less attention and conscious effort
The period of the Mountain of Motor Development that emphasizes the emergence of voluntary movement following the inhibition of reflexes is the
A. reflexive period B. skillful period C. compensation period D. preadapted period
In Kochanska's integrative theory, the child's type of insecure attachment is influenced strongly by the
a. child's own temperament. b. quality of diet fed to the child. c. presence or absence of the father in the home. d. the parents' degree of learned helplessness.
A(n) ________ is a correlation between the genotype and environment that occurs when aspects of the environment encourage or support behaviors that may have a genetic component
a. passive link c. concordant link b. evocative link d. active link