Tabitha just had a conversation with her boss in which he told her that there would be some future layoffs due to budget cuts. Tabitha feels an increase in stress due to the conversation with her boss. She would be best described as experiencing
a. primary appraisal
b. secondary appraisal.
c. reappraisal.
d. post-appraisal.
a
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The number of mental disorders has increased from about ____ in DSM-I to nearly ____ in DSM-IV-TR.
A. 75; 100 B. 5; 100 C. 10; 30 D. 100; 300
A major difference between connectionism (neural networks) and good old fashioned AI (GOFAI) is that GOFAI systems ____ and neural networks ____.?
a. ?process information simultaneously; process information one sequence at a time b. ?process patterns of excitation and inhibition; processes information according to rules c. ?reason about the information they contain; change associations based on experience d. ?mimic human cognition more closely; work within a limited domain
Jim has written a book, but it looks like he will not get it published. He said, "I don't care about publishing it. It is the joy of writing it that counts." This illustrates ___________
a. value conflict b. effort rationalization c. effort justification d. freedom of choice
Which of the following is true?
A) Because human sexual response is entirely physical, there are few, if any, differences in what individuals in various cultures find arousing. B) Because sexual arousal requires some type of physical stimulation, having a sexual fantasy is not sufficient to cause significant sexual response. C) People of all cultures and backgrounds respond in a similar manner to highly sexual stimuli such as the smell of genital secretions. D) Some individuals can achieve orgasm from fantasy alone.