Which statement about psychosomatic illness is TRUE?
A) It refers to a condition where the physical "illness" really is psychological in nature.
B) It results from an interaction of psychological and physical determinants.
C) It typically occurs in people who have a low sensitivity to pain.
D) It is defined as reports of pain in the absence of accompanying activity in pain-sensitive areas of the brain.
B) It results from an interaction of psychological and physical determinants.
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Which of the following statements is true of neuroticism?
a. People who scored high in neuroticism performed worse than those who scored low when their work environment was stressful. b. The characteristics of neuroticism are anxiety, depression, irrationality, tension, and moodiness. c. Neuroticism is largely a product of learning or experience rather than a product of genetics. d. A higher level of neuroticism was associated with increasing satisfaction from social relationships.
Under conditions of stress,
a. anxious-ambivalent people may become angry when they don't receive the support they want. b. avoidant individuals become fearful and sometimes exhibit hostility. c. securely attached individuals both seek out and provide support. d. securely attached individuals seek out support, but can become angry when they don't receive the support they want.
After having spent half a day touring the Art Gallery of Ontario, Emily had seen hundreds of paintings. To maximize her potential for remembering as many paintings as possible, she decides to categorize each painting depending on its artistic style: neoclassical, realistic, romantic, impressionist, abstract, and so on. This method of memorization is called _____ encoding.
A) semantic B) organizational C) survival D) visual imagery
The Flynn effect refers to the
rise in an individual's IQ over the years. decrease in an individual's IQ over the years. rise in average IQ over the generations. decrease in average IQ over the generations.