With respect to emotion, which of the following terms is correctly matched with its definition?
A. Blunted affect: The failure to experience pleasurable feelings
B. Anhedonia: Uncontrollable emotional episodes that do not fit the situation
C. Emotional lability: The failure to feel or display much emotion
D. Hyperarousal: Uunwarranted activation of the fight-or-flight response
Answer: D
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Regarding extrasensory perception, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. About half of the general public believes in the existence of ESP. b. Very few psychologists believe in the existence of ESP. c. ESP and other paranormal events are treated as accepted facts in many movies and television programs. d. Telepathy is the purported ability to exert influence over inanimate objects.
When 4-year-old Karen is angry, she lashes out by hitting. This is an example of
an internalizing problem. an externalizing problem. modulated emotional expression. frustration management.
Dr. Wombles considers himself a psychodynamic personality theorist, but he believes that an individual's early relationships with significant people are more important than instinctual sexual impulses in shaping personality. Dr. Wombles focuses on the importance of __________ on personality development.
A. psychosocial stages B. object relations C. archetypes D. extraversion
All of the following are examples of an individual's earliest schemas EXCEPT ______.
A. Baby Katy sneezes when she gets dust in her nose B. Baby Katy sucks on her bottle and drinks when it is put in her mouth C. Baby Katy plays peekaboo with her mother D. Baby Katy moves her arms and legs as if swimming when put in water