Rishi complains of severe stomach pain and believes that he has stomach cancer. He is taken to the hospital where the doctor prescribes some tests. Rishi's reports are normal and he did not have any medical problem. However, he insists that he has stomach cancer. Rishi is suffering from__________
A) illness anxiety disorder
B) dissociative amnesia
C) social anxiety disorder
D) bipolar disorder
E) Select
A
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Information is transmitted from the eye to the brain through the:
A. fovea B. cornea C. optic nerve D. retina
Which disorder was included in earlier editions of the DSM but, after protests from women, was not included in DSM-IV-TR?
a. generalized anxiety disorder c. psychogenic amnesia b. self-defeating personality disorder d. major depressive disorder
In an attempt to debunk the myth that aggression is instinctual, biologist Zing Yang Kuo (1961) raised a kitten in the same cage with a rat. Not only did the cat refrain from killing the rat, but the two became quite close companions. This experiment demonstrated that
A) aggression is not instinctual. B) the aggressive instinct can be inhibited by early experience. C) it is possible to learn to discriminate—the cat would not attack rats, but would still attack other animals. D) the aggressive instinct can be inhibited in an artificial environment. E) the aggressive instinct can be inhibited in some species but not in others.
The area of the eye, which is about the size and thickness of a postage stamp and converts light energy into nerve impulses, is called the
a. cornea. b. iris. c. lens. d. retina.