Betsy has had persistent "free floating" anxiety for about 9 months. She finds herself worrying

about her children, her career, her marriage, and her friends even though nothing appears to be
wrong with any of them.

She is best described as suffering from a(n) ______ disorder.
a. panic c. generalized anxiety
b. phobic d. obsessive-compulsive


C

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The textbook refers to drugs that are used to treat schizophrenia as __________ medications

Answer:

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The Cree people of Northern Canada value visual skills needed to find food on the frozen tundra, while the Puluwat people in the South Pacific prize ocean-going navigation skills necessary to get from island to island. These examples illustrate that

a. divergent thinking is not a part of every culture. b. each culture teaches its children the kinds of "intelligence" valued in that culture. c. convergent thinking is not part of every culture. d. the cultural values that affect intelligence are mainly inherited from one's parents.

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The "objects" in the object-relations school of thought refer to:

a. both real and mental representations of other people. b. the toys an infant plays with. c. the parts of a person's personality. d. a person's most basic needs and desires.

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Stress may be conceptualized as

a. a stimulus that produces feelings of tension b. physical and psychological responses to stimuli (or stressors) c. a process that involves interaction between the person and the environment d. all of the above may be used to conceptualize stress e. none of the above are useful conceptualizations of stress

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