Michelle feels that everything she touches is contaminated and dirty; so she cleans her house from morning to night and writes down what she cleans in a book. Once she cleans something, she avoids touching it. If she were to touch the object, it would become contaminated, and she would have to clean it again. Michelle would most likely be diagnosed with a(n) __________ disorder
a. conversion
b. obsessive-compulsive
c. dissociative
d. generalized anxiety
B
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The goal of the correlational research strategy is to ____
a. describe mean differences between groups b. describe mean differences over time c. examine and describe the relationship between variables d. describe an individual nonhuman subject in great detail
Inna is in the last 2 to 3 months of pregnancy and experiences symptoms of rapid weight gain, fluid retention, an increase in blood pressure, and protein in the urine. It is highly likely that she suffers from ____
a. toxemia c. placenta previa b. eclampsia d. ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
Adolescents from minority families are more likely than others to
A) visit the dentist. B) visit a family physician. C) use health insurance. D) use the emergency room.
Your grandmother is convinced that formula is the best way to feed infants because that is the way that she was fed as an infant. Although you do not want to argue, why did her mother's generation formula feed rather than breast feed?
a. Companies that produced formula convinced the public that formula feeding was the healthiest way to feed infants. b. Your great-grandmother was correct, we should be formula feeding. c. In the 1930s and 1940s, it was much more difficult to breast feed. d. Evidence is now beginning to emerge indicating that breast feeding can be dangerous to infants.