Derrick has experienced intense pain in his lower back for the last 18 months. Even though an extensive medical evaluation found no physical basis for his complaints, he feels in too much pain to return to work
Derrick is becoming angry and depressed over his doctor's view that his problem is in his head and often spends time visiting emergency rooms for pain medication. Given what you know, what may Derrick be experiencing?
A) Conversion disorder
B) Somatic symptom disorder
C) Hypochondriasis
D) Body dysmorphic disorder
B
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a) complex trauma b) social anxiety disorder c) borderline personality disorder d) physical and psychological trauma
When we have very unequal sample variances, we should
a. check our work very carefully when we pool the variances. b. not pool the variances. c. average the variances, but not weight them with the degrees of freedom. d. run some different analysis.
All cultures classify people as abnormal if they fail to communicate with others or are consistently unpredictable in their actions
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Evaluating cognitive development based on levels reached is the
stage approach. psychometric approach. information-processing approach. step approach.