Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychological disorder that is a possible consequence of a major stressful event. Please answer the following questions by offering insight and examples for each question. "Is it possible to have PTSD without experiencing the event directly?" and "How can culture affect PTSD?"
What will be an ideal response?
Recently, psychologists have argued that PTSD can occur even if the even is not experience directly. Evidence surrounding 9/11 supports this perspective (Marshall et al.2007). Studies show that psychological processes at the time of or around the trauma, not prior characteristics are the strongest predictors of PTSD. Researchers are now expanding their thoughts that PTSD only occur for war, and talking about how sexual assault victims also can have PTSD. PTSD might result in some cultures, such as in Iraq, from the results from the day to day changes even more so than the actual traumatic event.
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a. .0625 b. .125 c. .25 d. .50
The primary reason teenagers often have small babies is
smoking. drug use. malnutrition. age.
Dr. Diaz is a therapist who works with clients of many different cultural backgrounds. Her clients like the fact that she always considers their cultural background important to her therapeutic approach. What is Dr. Diaz demonstrating?
a. cultural therapy c. cultural inclinations b. multicultural competence d. none of these
If a researcher were to observe the preferential-looking behavior of a three-month-old, she or he would most likely find that the infant looked at
a. a gray circular array the longest amount of time. b. a simple rectangular bar the longest amount of time. c. a facelike pattern the longest amount of time. d. each of these for an equal length of time.