Which of the following characteristics of antisocial personality disorder usually interferes with successful psychotherapy?

a) hallucinations
b) lack of empathy
c) fear of separation
d) extreme social anxiety


b

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Last year, Bill came down with the flu the night after eating clam chowder soup. For several weeks, he couldn't think about clam chowder soup without feeling nauseated. Bill experienced:

A. taste-aversion learning B. trial learning C. systematic desensitization D. discrimination

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Even if they are basic emotions and processed first in the limbic system, all emotions are eventually sent to the cortex where they give rise to more or less complicated emotional feelings through __________ processing

a. experiential b. reflective c. intuitive d. automatic

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Between the ages of 1 and 5 years, the average child learns about _____ new words every day.

A) 1 or 2 B) 3 or 4 C) 6 or 7 D) 10 or 12

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John travels frequently to distant parts of the globe. He believes that adjusting his mealtimes to the destination time zone is helpful in dealing with jet lag. After studying the material in your textbook, you tell John that

A. he's wasting his time, as adjusting his mealtimes will have little if any effect on jet lag. B. he should expect some benefits, as his SCN is very responsive to changes in feeding patterns. C. he should expect some benefits, as his peripheral clocks should respond to changes in feeding patterns. D. this is a highly effective strategy, because both his SCN and peripheral clocks are highly sensitive to changes in feeding patterns.

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