Until recently, Jerry had always enjoyed being on his high school debate team, which had won several awards. But yesterday, as Jerry prepared for next week's event, he began to experience a heightened sense of nervousness
He noticed tightness in his chest and he felt dizzy. He had difficulty controlling his rapid breathing and began to feel an intense need to go outside for air. It is most likely that Jerry was experiencing symptoms of
A) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
B) a panic attack.
C) agoraphobia.
D) post-traumatic stress disorder.
B
You might also like to view...
Provide an example of how shaping could be used to change a dimension of an existing behavior
What will be an ideal response?
Malnutrition can be devastating to a child's development. Outline the symptoms of marasmus and offer methods that could be used to prevent it
What will be an ideal response
Hormones are described by the authors as;
a. chemical signals that act near their point of release in the body b. chemicals which changed the rate of other chemical reactions in the body c. chemical signals which operate by reaching receptors across a synapse d. chemical signals that regulate or coordinate the activity of distant organs
Ken is given a vocational-interest test and then takes a test, similar in format but with different questions, a week later. The test administrator wants to measure the ___________ of the test
a. content validity b. test-retest reliability c. alternate-forms reliability d. criterion validity