Which of the following environmental, social, and psychological factors increases an individual's vulnerability to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
A. Having adopted a nonavoidant coping strategy to deal with the traumatic event
B. Having experienced no anxiety and depression symptoms before the traumatic event
C. Having experienced the traumatic event first-hand
D. Having a strong support network of friends and family
Answer: C
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a. Hostile interactions were associated with immunosuppression. b. Hostile interactions led to a higher rate of colds over the next month. c. Although hostile interactions raised blood pressure, it quickly returned to normal. d. The type of interaction had no demonstrated effect on any aspect of immune system functioning.
One of our best aids in handling problems of non-normality is
a. the variance sum law. b. the central limit theorem. c. the non-normality correction. d. the Stroop test.
One interpretation of how the hormone CCK promotes satiety is that it ____
a. speeds up the digestive processes in the intestines b. increases the rate at which glucose enters the cells of the body c. causes the stomach to fill more quickly d. facilitates the emptying of the stomach
Which of the following was NOT part of the Asch experiment that involved the judgment of standard and comparison lines?
a. the use of accomplices who purposely judged the lines incorrectly b. the use of trials in which the subjects judged the lines without other people being present c. the use of three comparison lines for each trial of the experiment d. the use of two groups of subjects, one that judged the lines correctly in all cases and the other that judged the lines incorrectly in all cases