Andrea, a 12-year-old girl, is one of the top performers in her class. Despite her hard work, she fears that she might not meet her parents' and teachers' expectations. The night before a test, she is usually unable to sleep because she fears waking up late and missing the test. All her worries originate internally rather than from other people's perception of her. In this scenario, Andrea is most likely to have:
A. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
B. separation anxiety disorder.
C. general anxiety disorder.
D. oppositional defiant disorder.
Answer: C
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a. the results of the Rosenhan study b. the medical model c. the standard view of The Concept of Insanity d. the DSM
Cialdini and colleagues (1975) found that students who were first asked to volunteer for two years, and then asked to volunteer for a two hour trip to the zoo with juvenile delinquents were significantly more likely to agree to the zoo, request than were students just asked to do the zoo trip. They labeled this the:
a. foot-in-the-door effect b. low balling c. social conformity d. door-in-the-face effect
Brad is 18 and is looking into career options. He is currently deciding whether he wants to become a gourmet chef or a race car driver. Brad is at what stage of Erik Erikson's psychosocial development?
a. integrity versus despair b. intimacy versus isolation c. generativity versus stagnation d. identity versus role confusion e. industry versus inferiority
Your ability to focus on your teacher in class while disregarding the various chit-chatty conversations that your classmates have around you is due to the selective storage function of consciousness
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.