Andrea returns home two days after giving birth to a healthy baby boy. On her first night home, she cannot sleep when the baby is sleeping, she feels very irritable, she cannot concentrate on the magazine article she is trying to read, and she worries incessantly that the baby has stopped breathing. She may be suffering from postpartum ____.
A. depression
B. psychosis
C. mania
D. hyperinsomnia
Answer: A
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Research on African-American children adopted into economically well-off white homes during the first year of life suggests that
A) these children score similarly in IQ to children who remain in low-SES homes. B) poverty severely depresses the intelligence of ethnic minority children. C) genetic factors have a powerful impact on African-American children's IQs. D) environmental factors have little impact on African-American children's IQs.
In the experiment with Little Albert, the conditioned response was fear of the ________
a. rat b. loud noise c. laboratory d. experimenter
According to the humanistic approach to therapy, psychological disorders are often caused by
A. discrepancies between the ideal and the real selves. B. conflicts between unconscious urges and conscious thoughts. C. failures to process emotions tied to important or traumatic events. D. incorrect beliefs about the values and lifestyles that lead to long-term happiness.
Which of the following is an "environmental" factor that interacts with genetics for the development of schizophrenia?
A. whether or not the twins were exposed to high levels of lead B. whether or not the mother consumed a high-fat diet during pregnancy C. whether identical twins shared the same or different placentas D. whether the pregnancy occurred on the East Coast or West Coast of the United States