Someone who becomes very angry and irritated when receiving a bill in the mail or encountering traffic delays, for example, may be labeled:
A. neurotic.
B. antisocial.
C. psychopathic.
D. hostile.
Answer: D
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a. systematic and heuristic processing, respectively b. implicit and explicit reception, respectively c. unelaborated and elaborated processing, respectively d. normative and informational persuasion, respectively
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a. incorporating common stimuli in training b. teaching a range of functionally equivalent responses c. incorporating a wide range of stimulus situations in training d. reinforcing instances of generalization
Which of the following symptoms characterize a manic episode?
a. Feelings of guilt b. Irritability c. Anhedonia d. Loss of energy
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a. retrograde c. anterograde b. infantile d. dissociative