Ella always feels as if a thousand eyes are watching every move she makes, just waiting to find a flaw. She is preoccupied with the impression she makes on others and usually assumes she has made a negative one. As a result, she often avoids situations in which she will have to deal with large numbers of people. Ella is best described as having __________.

A. a specific phobia
B. social anxiety disorder
C. a complex phobia
D. agoraphobia


Answer: B

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a. they only address a small number of behaviors. b. they are very difficult to administer. c. little psychometric data is available for any of them. d. very few such tests even exist.

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After grading the first exam, your developmental psychology instructor says, "Those students who actually came to class did much better than those of you who showed up once a week.". Given this information, you would suspect that the correlation between attendance and grades would be closest to ____

a. +.09 b. + 0.9 c. + 9.0 d. + 90.0

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Feng comes from a wealthy Chinese family and is attending a university in the United States. Which of the following statements most likely applies to Feng?

A) Because he comes from a developing country, it is likely that he will not experience emerging adulthood. B) Emerging adulthood is a universal phase of development, so he will experience it even if he does not attend a university. C) Unlike most youths from his country, he will experience emerging adulthood for at least a short time. D) In all respects, his experience with emerging adulthood will be similar to that of youths in the United States.

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Opium is the source of

a) LSD and PCP b) cocaine and heroin c) codeine and morphine d) marijuana and cocaine

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