Ollie wakes up one morning and can't remember who he is, where he works, or where he lives. A physician does not find anything physically wrong, although his friends say Ollie has been under stress recently. He is probably suffering from
a) depersonalization.
b) dissociative fugue.
c) generalized amnesia.
d) an adjustment disorder.
b
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a. ?invoked a pre-test/post-test design to assess learning b. ?required the use of domesticated animals c. ?used the systematic manipulation of problem difficulty d. ?required an anthropomorphic approach e. ?was analyzed based solely on his descriptions of incidents
Morty is involved in a car wreck on Interstate 15. The next day, he becomes anxious and fretful when passing the spot of the accident. After several weeks of passing the spot every day on the way to work, Morty's negative reaction subsides. His anxiety has undergone:
A. discrimination B. generalization C. spontaneous recovery D. extinction
Additional distinct personalities within a person who occasionally supplant the host personality and interact with others are
a. hosted personalities. b. transient personalities. c. temporary personalities. d. subpersonalities.
From Freud's view of tension reduction, one can conclude that a joke will be funnier when
A. it is sexual than when it is hostile. B. more tension is experienced before the punch line. C. tension increases rapidly. D. less tension is experienced before the punch line.