The urge to pull out one's own hair from anywhere on the body including the scalp, eyebrows, and the arms is referred as _____.

A. excoriation
B. trichotillomania
C. retail therapy
D. habit reversal training


Answer: B

Psychology

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Prevention efforts that aim to improve the overall environment in order to reduce the incidence of new cases of mental disorders in called _________ prevention?

Fill in the blank with the correct word. What type of prevention?

Psychology

One theory suggests that positive emotions function to buffer people against future "hard times" by expanding people's current attention and mind-set (e.g., making them relatively creative, exploratory, and adventurous). This theory is known as ____

a. the broaden-and-build theory b. the hedonic treadmill theory c. the affect-as-information hypothesis d. excitation transfer

Psychology

A hormone secreted by the hypothalamus that stimulates contraction of both the uterus for delivery of the newborn and the mammary gland ducts for lactation is known as ____

a. oxytocin c. androgen b. estrogen d. progesterone

Psychology

The zygote embeds itself into the inner lining of the mother's uterus in a process called

A) organogenesis. B) spontaneous abortion. C) trophoblast. D) implantation.

Psychology