Darcy is sitting at her desk in her office one day when she is, without warning, overcome by feelings of intense fear, losing control of herself
Her terror is so great that all she can do is sit at her desk shaking and crying. Nothing she was doing at the time would seem to have caused such an episode. Her symptoms most resemble _______.
a. phobic disorder
b. posttraumatic stress
c. panic attack
d. affective disorder
c
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Social misunderstanding and prejudice against older individuals is labeled __________
Answer:
In his work on the two-point threshold, Weber found that the most sensitive area (smallest threshold) was the ____ and the least sensitive area (largest threshold) was the ____.
a. nose; forearm b. tongue; finger tip c. finger tip; ear lobe d. tongue; middle of the back
Psychologists seek to understand subjective experience through:
a. replication. b. inference from behavior. c. common sense. d. direct observation.
In a study that is described in the textbook, researchers recruited 15 participants who were currently experiencing depression and 45 control participants with no history of depression
Participants wore a device that allowed researchers to monitor eye movements. When photographs representing different emotions were displayed, a. participants who were currently depressed spent more time looking at sad photos and less time looking at positive photos. b. participants who had recovered from depression had particular difficulty looking at sad photos, preferring the positive ones. c. participants who had no history of depression had particular difficulty looking at happy photos. d. participants who were currently depressed had particular difficulty looking at sad photos, preferring the positive ones.