A person, who experiences a long series of imagined physical complaints, feels ill much of the time, and visits doctors repeatedly, would most likely be suffering from
a. a conversion reaction.
b. somatization disorder.
c. a traumatic disorder.
d. an obsession.
B
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Which of these is NOT a weakness of the cross-sectional research design?
a. Cohort effects may confound the results. b. Age effects may be present. c. Development of individual children is not reported. d. It may be difficult to recruit enough children to fill the various age groups.
The relationship between major depression and dysthymic disorder is similar to the relationship between ____
a. ?bipolar disorder and cyclothymia b. ?panic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder c. ?schizophrenic disorder and dissociative identity disorder d. ?dissociative identity disorder and specific phobia
Statistical significance, magnitude of effect, and clinical significance
a) Overlap greatly and any two allows one to infer the other one b) Reflect different facets of the data and bear no necessary relation to each other c) Are all ways to enhance the binary choice of statistical significance d) Interconnect in subtle ways and work to amplify existing effects
When witnesses from an event were brought in for questioning four weeks after the incident occurred, it was found that much of their memory had faded as a consequence of ______.
A. retention interval B. post-event information C. repression D. confirmation bias