Bob is a clerk working the night shift at a convenience store. Late last month he was a victim of an armed robbery. Although he wasn't hurt, he now becomes frightened whenever a man comes into the store at night. Bob is also experiencing flashbacks and has started having heart palpitations. He went to a doctor who referred him to a psychiatrist. His diagnosis was posttraumatic stress disorder. Which of the following terms best represents Bob's case?
A. Physical-mental
B. Mental-mental
C. Mental-physical
D. Physical-physical
Answer: B
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A. Favorable self-concept B. Informational conformity C. Relationship maintenance D. Accuracy
Research by Campos and colleagues indicates that in infancy, the fear of drop-offs is likely related to the experience of
a. walking. b. being carried by moms. c. falling. d. playing pee-a-boo.
Dr. Bishop is studying the effects of a drug on memory. Half of his participants will receive the drug, while the other half will receive a placebo. The pills the two groups of participants will take look exactly the same. Dr. Bishop hopes that the use of a placebo will ____.?
a. ?allow him to have control over the dependent variables b. ?show if memory improvement is based on participant expectations c. ?create a double-blind design for his research d. ?eliminate the chance of random variables confounding his experiment
Assurance that all materials collected in a research study will be kept private and confidential is known as ____
a. confidentiality c. informed consent b. samples of convenience d. random sample