One explanation for somatoform disorders presented in this module is that:

a. emotional complaints are used instead of physical complaints to express psychological problems
b. the person's pursuit of self-actualization is blocked which leads to the expression of physical problems
c. the ego's use of defense mechanisms creates additional unconscious conflicts
d. bodily complaints are used instead of emotional complaints to express psychological problems


D

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a. the sexual conflicts c. the unconscious complexes b. the identity crisis d. the reinforcements

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How do the procedures of whole-interval DRO and spaced-responding DRL differ?

a. DRO reinforces absence of behavior and DRL reinforces decreased rate of behavior b. DRO resets the interval if the behavior occurs but DRL does not c. DRO is used to decrease behavior and DRL is used to eliminate behavior d. A and B

Psychology

______ is responsible for improvements in processing speed in children and adolescents.

A. Myelination B. Pruning C. Increase in gray matter D. Decrease in white matter

Psychology

Many women typically recover from strokes that result in aphasia faster than men do because many women

a. rarely have strokes in the left hemisphere. b. process language in both hemispheres. c. have a larger hippocampus than men. d. have a larger hypothalamus than men.

Psychology