Roger spends a great deal of his time worrying about every topic imaginable, and experiences fatigue, irritability, and muscle tension. When he gets a flat tire on his way to work, he becomes overwhelmed with the challenge of fixing it, paralyzed by worry about what his boss will think about his being late, and believes there is no way he can handle the situation. What disorder would Roger most likely be diagnosed with?
What will be an ideal response?
Generalized anxiety disorder
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A. glial cells B. axons C. dendrites D. myelin
Which of these is a principle of scientific thinking?
A) Hypothetico-deductive reasoning B) Occam's Razor C) Variation D) Conventional morality
Daniel was serving on a jury in a murder trial. Testimony from expert witnesses suggested that the defendant was a true psychopath, incapable of empathy with others or of remorse for what he had done. The defendant's attorneys tried to get the judge to accept a lie detector test they had conducted privately, claiming that it proved that their client was innocent. The judge refused. How should Daniel interpret this information?
A. The judge was correct. If the defendant is a psychopath, he might not show the arousal that most honest people show during a lie detector test, and his results are unlikely to be valid. B. The judge was in error. The lie detector test proved that the defendant was innocent, and this information should have been admitted to the trial proceedings. C. The judge was correct. Lie detector tests are much worse than chance in detecting dishonesty. D. The judge was in error. Lie detector tests are routinely used in courts of law, and the defendant had a right to have this information submitted during his trial.
According to Freud, personality development is due to the way in which we ______
a. satisfy the actualizing tendency throughout life b. satisfy the sexual instinct during the course of life c. integrate archetypes from the collective unconscious into our conscious, waking life d. gratify our spiritual and social needs