Corrine was getting a cup of coffee at a local convenience store when the cashier was confronted by masked gunmen. As the cashier reached below the counter to press an alarm, one of the gunmen shot her. Two weeks later, Corrine is still badly shaken. She is too frightened to run routine errands in her neighborhood. She startles easily. Although she is troubled by random flashbacks to the event, she finds that she can recall surprisingly little about it when she is directly asked. Corrine is MOST likely to be diagnosed with ______ disorder.
a. post-traumatic stress
b. acute stress
c. generalized anxiety
d. adjustment
Ans: B
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A. the mind; the brain B. the mind; the body C. the brain; cognitive processes D. cognitive processes; the mind
Observational methods, case studies, surveys, correlational studies, and experiments generate mountains of numbers—known as data—that represent research results and provide the basis for drawing conclusions about them.?
a. ?descriptive statistics b. ?inferential statistics c. ?data d. ?statistical significance
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a. The person would not have to change their behavior. b. The person would wait for you to behave more similarly. c. The person would d. The person would behavior more similarly to you.
Research has reported that ________ in families that lack ________ (families in which members are not committed to providing support to each other) are more at risk for ADHD than are ________ siblings in such families
a. eldest children; cohesion; younger b. youngest children; cohesion; older c. middle children; cohesion; older d. eldest children; affection; younger