Persistent fears of objects or situations that are disproportionate to the threat posed by them are the central feature of a(n) __________ disorder.
A. panic
B. phobic
C. generalized anxiety
D. obsessive-compulsive
Answer: B
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concept of a. word segmentation. b. syntactic bootstrapping. c. overregulation. d. prosody.
What is an advantage to administering a survey over the Internet?
a. 100% response rate b. survey can be individualized based on responses c. risk of interviewer bias d. none of the options are advantages
Paul Ekman and his colleagues gathered evidence supporting the universality of _________ facial expressions of emotion
a. five b. six c. seven d. nine
A primary reason that people become sick when they are stressed is that:
A. corticosteroids weaken the immune system. B. stress turns off the sympathetic nervous system. C. stress reduces activity in the pituitary gland. D. endorphins increase the activity in the hypothalamus.