Patrick is an emerging adult. For a time period he lived with a group of friends from high school, then he moved back home with his parents, and now he has an apartment of his own
Which of the following characteristics of emerging adulthood best describes Patrick's situation?
a. age of identity explorations
b. age of possibility
c. age of instability
d. self-focused age
C. Having frequent residential changes is common for emerging adults in America and the phenomenon is best described as instability. At no other time in life is residential movement as great.
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Paula suffers from bulimia nervosa and is considering treatment with an antidepressant medication. Knowing that you have been studying this issue, she asks your opinion. What should you tell her?
a. "Antidepressants have been shown to be very effective." b. "Antidepressants will help you with your purging but not with your bingeing." c. "Relapse is common when medication is stopped." d. "Because antidepressants make you feel better, you will be less motivated to deal with your eating disorder."
Which one of the following examples of stigma is the most problematic for people with borderline personality disorder?
a. Employers are afraid they will not be reliable, and tend to not offer them jobs. b. Family members believe they aren't trustworthy, and rarely allow them to stay in the home. c. Mental health professionals expect them to be manipulative patients, and withdraw emotionally. d. Friends feel they will be socially awkward, and fail to offer invitations to them for parties.
Which of the following careers would go well with someone who is high in a social career personality type?
A. accountant B. scientist C. veterinarian D. nurse
Visual stimuli are most commonly retained in short-term memory by
a. continuing to look at the stimulus until an icon of the image appears. b. forming an eidetic image of the stimulus. c. slowing saccadic eye movements to one or two per second. d. encoding visual stimuli as sounds that can be rehearsed.