Carson recently lost his job and has a great debt accumulated from gambling. He also has been feeling extreme pressure about not being able to take care of his eight children. After he was robbed at gunpoint on the street, but was not physically hurt, Carson could not tell the officer his name, address, or anything about his past. Carson is experiencing a
a. dissociative amnesia.
b. dissociative identity disorder.
c. psychosomatic conversion disorder.
d. hypochondriasis.
A
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a. psychology; six b. sociology; four c. psychology; two d. psychology; four
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When asked directly and confidentially about lawbreaking, __________ teenagers admit to having committed some sort of offense, usually a minor crime
A) about 10 percent of
B) nearly 25 percent of
C) around half of all
D) almost all