When a group of people share the same fears or delusions and show similar physical symptoms, a diagnosis of ____ can be made.

A. generalized fear disorder
B. conversion disorder
C. mass hysteria
D. somatoform disorder


Answer: C

Psychology

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a. it does not suggest therapies or methods of treatment b. it is assumed more than one psychological disorder can occur in the same individual c. a person's medical history is not considered when making a diagnosis d. environmental and psychosocial problems are not considered in the diagnostic process

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Kellman and Spelke's habituation experiment with a block and a partially hidden stationary rod showed that young infants

a. perceived a whole connected rod. b. visualized an invisible rod behind the block. c. did not perceive the two rod tips as connected. d. moved their eyes as if imagining the rod's movement.

Psychology

Urban schools have been able to achieve college acceptance rates for their students above 90% by ________ high school size

a. increasing b. maintaining the same c. decreasing d. ignoring

Psychology

The two types of explicit memory are ___________ and ___________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology