Melissa was mugged seven months ago and appears to have adjusted well. However, recently Melissa has been experiencing extreme fear, nightmares, and flashbacks about the mugging. Melissa would most likely be diagnosed with ____.?
a. ?obsessive-compulsive disorder
b. ?posttraumatic stress disorder
c. ?a social phobia
d. ?a social phobia
ANSWER:
b
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A. broad principles of fairness B. policing the actions of men C. competition with others for moral superiority D. a gradual transition from selfishness to responsibility
When Patty looks in the mirror, she sees an overweight girl. She is 5 feet tall and weighs 87 pounds. She does aerobics for at least two hours daily and eats very little. Patty most likely suffers from
anorexia nervosa. degenerative organ disease. anxiety. bulimia nervosa.
When we ignore economic or political roots of problems such as poverty or homelessness, and focus instead on personal, family or cultural deficits, we are:
a. blaming the victim. b. committing the context minimization error. c. using bottom-up reasoning. d. both ‘a' and ‘b'
According to the article Deep Roots about fetal precursors of temperament, in a correlational study, causal conclusions:
(a) can only be drawn if the correlation is very strong (b) can only be drawn if the correlation has a positive sign (c) can only be drawn if there is more than one correlation (d) can not be determined