________ is an anxiety disorder in which an individual has an intense fear of being humiliated or embarrassed in social situations.

A. Xenophobia
B. Thanatophobia
C. Social phobia
D. Gamophobia


Answer: C

Psychology

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a. a resistance reaction b. physiological exhaustion c. an alarm reaction d. autonomic rebound

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What is the tendency to overestimate the influence of personality and underestimate the power of the situation?

A. false uniqueness bias B. false consensus effect C. actor-observer bias D. fundamental attribution error

Psychology

Jerry is interested in discovering how people process, store, and use information. His interests reflect which psychological perspective?

a. biological c. cognitive b. humanistic d. evolutionary

Psychology

Artists are able to create rich 3D environments on a 2D canvas by utilizing various techniques that essentially trick our

A. absolute threshold. B. divided attention. C. depth perception. D. just-noticeable difference.

Psychology