What are some of the biological causal factors for Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
What will be an ideal response?
-Several brain pathways also active in other anxiety disorders, including the amygdala and the limbic system and the prefrontal cortex, are implicated in GAD.-Inhibition of these pathways, mediated by the neurotransmitter GABA, is assumed to be deficient in GAD sufferers-Genetic evidence is mixed; its modest heritability may be somewhat smaller than that for other anxiety disorders
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a. quantitative description b. randomized field experiments c. nonequivalent comparison group designs d. experimental social innovation
The gender schema theory assumes that children learn gendered behavior by observing and imitating adults and responding to rewards and punishments
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Regarding the dying and their survivors, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Understanding the reactions to death can help both the dying and survivors to recognize and cope with periods of depression, anger, denial, and bargaining. b. Understanding the reactions to death can help persons to realize that close friends or relatives may experience some of the same reactions and emotions before or after that person's death. c. Understanding the reactions to death helps people to realize that dying persons do not want to share their feelings about dying with others. d. Too often, dying persons feel isolated and separated from others with the adults who visit tending to "freeze up" when around the dying person.
Longitudinal research confirms Adler’s claim that lifestyle is consistent from childhood to
A) marriage. B) adulthood. C) old age. D) adolescence.