Soon after Anne has her first child, she returns to work. Her mother objects, saying that putting a child in a day-care center is immoral. After two weeks at work, Anne develops tingling and numbness in her hands that,
within days, progress to total anesthesia in both hands from the wrists down. Anne seems surprisingly unconcerned about the anesthesia and her physician cannot find a physical cause for her problem. He suggests that she is suffering from ______.
a. somatization disorder c. body dysmorphic disorder
b. conversion disorder d. hypochondriasis
B
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Nativist Noam Chomsky believed that
A) children are born with a series of inborn modules that are specialized for different aspects of language acquisition. B) reinforcement and imitation fully explain language development in toddlers and preschool-age children. C) the rules of sentence organization are too complex to be directly taught to or discovered by even a cognitively sophisticated young child. D) children's innate desire to verbally interact with others promotes language development in most cultures throughout the world.
All of the following are true of hermaphrodites, EXCEPT
A) an individual may have gonads of only one sex. B) an individual may have one testicle and one ovary. C) an individual may have gonads with testicular and ovarian tissue. D) they are named after the Greek son of Hermes and Aphrodite.
Dr. Pill wants to better predict which young women will likely be at risk of suffering from painful sexual intercourse. Which of the following methods would aid Dr. Pill's prediction?
A) Astrology B) Naturalistic observation C) Correlational research D) Participant observation