A common psychological reaction to a test result confirming a chronic illness is anxiety. Anxiety:
a. is usually lowest when awaiting invasive medical procedures because the patient is relieved to know that the problem will be fixed.
b. is usually a long-term reaction that is more common in men than women.
c. is much more rare today than in past generations because of the increases in medical technology.
d. interferes with healthy functioning by causing the person to cope poorly and delay the recognition and reporting of symptoms.
D
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Conceptions of intelligence vary across cultures and are reasonable, and each conception represents a distinction that is presumably basic to any definition of intelligence. The distinction is that
A. more intelligent people are less "street wise" than are less intelligent people. B. less intelligent people are better at hunting than are more intelligent people. C. less intelligent people are more efficient and successful in conducting business than are more intelligent people. D. more intelligent people are better able to use the resources of their environment than are less intelligent people.
Which of the following theories describes personality as the result of forces within a person that often conflict and are sometimes unconscious?
A. The psychoanalytic approach B. The trait approach C. The social cognitive approach D. The humanistic approach
Tranquilizers, sedatives, and opiates all belong to the category of ________ drugs.
A. hallucinogenic B. inhalant C. depressant D. stimulant
When the hymen is almost completely, or completely, closed, it is called
A) a blocked hymen. B) a fractious hymen. C) an imperforate hymen. D) a stringent hymen.