In her job as an administrative assistant, Donna must cope with every detail of the vice president's schedule. She deals with the minor demands made upon her employer so that her employer can focus on major, critical issues
Donna is coping with what Lazarus would term __________
a) stressors.
b) hassles.
c) alarms.
d) psychological distress.
b Explanation: Minor annoyances and inconveniences are known as hassles.
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When describing the voices that he hears in his head, Bell says, "They really don't bother me, but they did cost me my job as a telephone operator as I kept giving out numbers to the voices rather than the callers.". Bell's situation illustrates the criteria of _____ in defining abnormal behavior
a. maladaptiveness b. personal distress c. statistical deviance d. joint attention
The use of instructions, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback to teach skills is called _____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Which statement about action potentials is FALSE?
A) Neurons either do or do not "fire." B) Electrical stimulation of the dendrites does not always trigger "firing." C) Activation must exceed a threshold before the neuron begins to "fire." D) The intensity of the stimulus makes the neuron "fire" more intensely.
In about 31 percent of all births in the U.S., a surgical procedure called a(n) ______ is used to remove the fetus from the uterus through the abdomen
Fill in the blank with correct word