If a patient in the Victorian era presented with paralysis and numbness that could not be explained by any physical ailment, the patient would have been considered to have __________.

A. dissociation
B. fugue
C. hypochondriasis
D. hysteria


Answer: D

Psychology

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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a. Primary appraisals c. Control attributions b. Secondary appraisals d. Causal attributions

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Psychology