Sheila is terrified of spiders, when she sees one, her heart pounds, she has trouble breathing, and feels like she is going to have a heart attack. Which represents the best possible diagnosis for Sheila?
a) a specific phobia
b) posttraumatic stress disorder
c) panic disorder
d) a social phobia
Answer: a
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Starting in the 1940s, why did pediatricians recommend bottle-feeding over breastfeeding?
A. Bottle-feeding formula contained more nutrients. B. Parents could keep track of the amount of milk the baby was receiving. C. Bottle-feeding offered significant emotional advantages to the mother. D. Bottle-fed babies were more responsive to their mothers.
A wrestler gets poked in the eye. His color vision will be most affected if the poke damages the:
A. lens B. rods C. cones D. cornea
Placing a disruptive child in time out where the child is in a restrictive environment and completely isolated from either teacher or peer approval illustrates the use of
a. negative reinforcement. c. extinction. b. positive reinforcement. d. none of these.
The cognitive perspective in psychology focuses on how
A) feelings are influenced by blood chemistry. B) people try to understand their own unconscious motives. C) behavior is influenced by environmental conditions. D) people encode, process, store, and retrieve information