Which of the following is true of panic attacks?
a. They can last for up to a few hours.
b. They are often accompanied by visual hallucinations.
c. They are always preceded by an awareness of symptoms.
d. They are initially triggered by a specific object or situation.
A
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Representative Jansen, a U.S. congresswoman, believes in the reproductive rights and welfare of women but voted to ban late-term abortions. Jansen tells herself she can live with the conflict between her beliefs and her behavior because it’s the expedient thing to do and may be better in the long run. She is most likely experiencing ________
a. the just-world hypothesis.
b. cognitive resolution.
c. cognitive dissonance.
d. the fundamental attribution error.
Deviant-case analysis attempts to minimize
a. errors of observation. b. the difficulties of making inferences. c. reactivity. d. statistical bias.
Amy is trying to remember her social security number, while registering for school. What technique would help Amy in this process?
a. Stare at the numbers on her social security card to create an icon in her short-term memory. b. Repeat the list of numbers to herself one at a time. c. Rehearse the set of numbers keeping them in the 3 chunks format. d. This is not possible because a social security number is made up of 9 numbers, which is larger than short-term memory capacity.
The results of a 3-year study on insomnia by Morin et al. (2009 ) found that:
a) Most of the participants suffered from insomnia throughout the study b) Persistent insomnia was found amongst those with severe insomnia at the onset, older adults and women c) Individuals regularly underestimate the number of hours they actually sleep d) Medication is the best treatment for persistent insomnia