You have advised a patient to discontinue use of antianxiety drugs. After two weeks, your patient calls to complain that his anxiety symptoms are now worse than before he started to take the drug. You tell the patient that his feelings are a predictable response to discontinuing antianxiety medication. In fact, he is experiencing what is called
a. addiction. c. rebound anxiety.
b. tolerance. d. relapse.
C
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After breakfast, Xua left for school and was involved in a terrifying car accident. Later in the day, he tried to remember what he had eaten for breakfast. While he could remember every second of the car accident, he couldn't seem to recall what he had eaten for breakfast. What might explain this difference in his memory recall of his morning?
A. The terror of the accident took away his memories of prior to the accident. B. He probably experienced retrograde amnesia from the car accident. C. He probably experienced a huge rush of stress hormones just prior to the accident, making it easier to recall those events. D. He probably blocked out breakfast, superstitiously thinking it may have been the reason he had the accident.
The stability of IQ scores
a. is highest in infancy. b. becomes fairly high starting at around age four. c. is highest with longer times between testing sessions. d. is high for individual children but low for large groups of children.
What degree must a student get in order to practice as a clinical psychologist?
a. Bachelor’s b. Master’s c. Doctorate d. Professional
Should the DSM include a diagnostic category for anger disorder? Why or why not? Include Jerry Deffenbacher's position in your argument.
What will be an ideal response?