Anxiety disorders are generally much more common among females than males.For some subtypes (Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia), the female-to-male ratio may be as high as 3 to 1. Why?

What will be an ideal response?


biased application of the diagnostic label?males under-report the incidence of anxiety?females differentially subjected to more frequent traumas?type of social roles?biological differences in terms of HPA reactivity?differential parental investment in reproduction?

Psychology

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The area of applied psychology MOST stimulated by World War II was

a. quantitative psychology. b. clinical psychology. c. child psychology. d. educational psychology.

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Corrine has been promoted to a managerial position during a time when her corporation is in crisis, but she is uncertain if she will be allowed to remain in that position. Corrine is experiencing a. ethnic discrimination. b. a glass ceiling

c. a glass cliff. d. feminist ideology.

Psychology

Which of the following best represents the features that infants must recognize to make inferences about objects?

a. a group of birds that are similar c. a car that is moving b. an optical illusion d. a table setting

Psychology

__________ is to monocular cues for depth as __________ is to binocular cues

a. Convergence; elevation b. Retinal disparity; pictorial cues c. Texture; shading d. Motion parallax; retinal disparity e. Convergence; divergence

Psychology