The term attention refers to:
a. a state of objective awareness
b. a state of subjective awareness
c. the internal processes that people use to set priorities for external behavior
d. the internal processes that people use to set priorities for mental functioning
D
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What will be an ideal response?
Some psychologists believe that not facing death until the very end is an adaptive _____________ mechanism for some people.
a. denial b. coping c. anger d. acceptance
Regarding sexual development, which of the following statements best characterizes what a parent is most likely to see in an ultrasound taken during the first six weeks of prenatal development?
A) A parent will be able to see the early development of a penis for males. B) A parent will begin to see primitive sexual structures, starting with the scrotum for males and the labia for females. C) A parent will see primitive genital structures that cannot yet be distinguished as male or female. D) A parent will see the development of female internal and external genitalia for both males and females.
An irrational and often persistent fear of an object, situation, or activity is called:
-a phobia. -agoraphobia. -OCD -a panic attack.