Joann woke up late for work this morning because she slept through her alarm. On her way, she had to take a detour because of a traffic accident
After lunch, her boss told everyone that they would have to work late because the corporate managers were coming for an unplanned inspection early the next morning. As a result, Joann had to cancel long-standing dinner plans with an out-of-town friend. These events are examples of
A) acute stress.
B) chronic stress.
C) daily hassles.
D) major life events.
C
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The major departure of Freud's position from prevailing viewpoints around the early 1900s was that he
a. saw abnormal behavior as resulting from biological causes. b. saw people as not fully aware of the forces that control their behavior. c. proposed the existence of free will. d. emphasized environmental forces on behavior.
The parts of the brain responsible for inhibiting aggression and considering the long-term consequences of behavior are mature in humans a. at puberty
b. at the age of 16, which is why we allow people to start driving at that age. c. at the age of 18, which is why legal adulthood begins at this age. d. by the mid-20s.
Barney loves sex, but the only way he can achieve sexual arousal is to secretly observe other unsuspecting people who are nude or engaged in sexual activity. His disorder is ________
a. voyeurism b. exhibitionism c. sadomasochism d. sexual introversion
Bertram experiences a stroke and becomes unable to visually recognize the faces of his loved ones, although he can identify them when they speak. It is likely he has __________ caused by damage to __________.
A. prosopagnosia; fusiform face area B. visual agnosia; extrastriate body area C. anomia; inferior temporal cortex D. prosopagnosia; inferior temporal cortex