Scott has heart damage that his doctor says is due to prolonged stress from caring for a child with a serious, incurable illness. The doctor explained that the damage was probably due to high levels of adrenaline and cortisol produced by his body over a long period of time. Hans Selye would say that Scott is in the __________ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.
A. alarm reaction
B. catastrophic
C. exhaustion
D. resistance
Answer: C
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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A. A client is able to talk freely about their mother but unable to report anything about their father. B. At the therapist's instruction, a client says whatever comes into their head, regardless of how silly it sounds. C. A client reports a dream about riding a wild horse in a tunnel. D. A therapist reminds her client, who has become insulting, that she is, after all, a helping professional and not the client's abusive mother.
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Association areas in the occipital lobe:
A) identify the edges of an object. B) detect the location of an object in space. C) track the movement of an object. D) identify what the object is.