Which of the following negative symptom of schizophrenia defines "flat affect"?

a. Inability to initiate and persist in activities
b. Inability to experience pleasure
c. Lack of emotional response, and a blank facial expression
d. Lack of speech content and/or slowed speech response


c

Psychology

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Elizabeth, married for six years, has no interest in either fantasizing or engaging in sexual activity. In fact, she does whatever she can to avoid situations where intercourse is a possibility. According to the DSM-5, Elizabeth has ____

a. the rarest form of sexual dysfunction b. a normal variant of the human sexual response cycle c. a sexual arousal disorder d. a sexual desire disorder

Psychology

In a repeated-measures design, the single largest contributing factor to error variance has been removed. What is that factor?

a. individual differences b. experimenter effects c. subject bias effects d. measurement error

Psychology

The leading cause of preventable death in the United States today is obesity

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Psychology

A friend considers himself to be a very honest person. According to the psychological research on the consistency of behavior across situations, you should expect that your friend

a. will be honest in all situations. b. may be honest in some, but not all, situations. c. will actually be dishonest in most situations. d. may not be very conscious of his actual level of honesty.

Psychology