A patient reports that her first panic attack was frightening and embarrassing. She was in the mall and people gathered around her. Over the next few months, the attacks started occurring more frequently, almost always in public places
Now she is afraid to leave the safety of her house. It appears that this individual has developed
a. agoraphobia.
b. schizophrenia.
c. a mood disorder.
d. a dissociative disorder.
Answer: a. agoraphobia.
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a. still has a number of problems. b. has relatively few problems. c. is no longer used in clinical settings. d. has excellent documentation in terms of reliability and validity.
The view that suggests dreams are produced as the brain attempts to interpret the spontaneous neural activity that occurs during REM-sleep desires is:
a. Freud's wish fulfillment theory b. activation-synthesis hypothesis c. memory consolidation view d. parasomnia theory
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What will be an ideal response?
Tomomi has mastered balancing, stepping, and the perceptual skills necessary to negotiate her way around. Putting all these skills together to enable her to walk is a process called
A. integration. B. differentiation. C. retinal disparity. D. perception.