Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is characterized by
a. exaggerated sensitivity to the temperature extremes of summer and winter.
b. moodiness during the holiday season.
c. a lasting and disabling depression related to decreased exposure to sunlight.
d. disorientation occurring as each of the four seasons ends.
ANSWER: c
You might also like to view...
Evidence for a genetic basis for aggression is provided by a. data indicating that membership in certain ethnic groups predicts aggression
b. findings that men with the XYY genotype are more likely to be imprisoned. c. higher rates of aggression among individuals with fragile X syndrome. d. the ability to breed strains of animals for aggressive tendencies.
Moving from adolescence, most individuals experience a slight increase in self-esteem as they enter into emerging adulthood. ____ is/are a physiological factor, whereas _____ is a social factor
a. An established self-concept; developing career goals b. Developed career goals; establishing one's self-concept c. The ending of puberty; the ending of secondary school d. The ending of secondary school; the ending of puberty
_____ effects occur prenatally while _____ effects occur later in development, beginning during puberty.
A. Activational; organizational B. Activational; defeminizing C. Organizational; masculinizing D. Organizational; activational
With regard to teaching mathematics, most experts agree that ________.
A. a blend of drill in computing and "number sense" is most beneficial B. complex skills can be learned only by drill in computation and rote memorization C. reasoning about number concepts should replace drill in computation in elementary school D. children need to retrieve mathematical answers automatically and should be exclusively taught by rote