In a car accident, a person sustained major trauma to his brain and the spinal cord region of his neck. Damage, in this case, was mainly to areas of which nervous system?
a. autonomic
b. somatic
c. central
d. sympathetic
ANSWER: c
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The preferred method for assessing the level of agreement between observers is the
a. kappa statistic b. Spearman coefficient c. coefficient alpha d. rank-order statistic
LeBron is eating at a restaurant on a first date when his date spills spaghetti all over his lap. Which of conclusion would LeBron be most likely to draw if he commits the fundamental attribution error?
a. His date gets nervous on first dates. b. His date is a slob. c. His date is even more attractive than he originally thought. d. His date is even less attractive than he originally thought.
Marge has gone to doctors with more than twenty different somatic complaints in the past year and has had surgery four times. She has few anxiety or depressive symptoms, but doctors never satisfy her when they say, "There's nothing wrong with you physically." What is unusual about this patient?
a. People with somatic symptom disorders rarely shop around for doctors. b. People with somatic symptom disorders usually show only one physical complaint. c. Somatic symptom disorder often includes depression and anxiety. d. Somatic symptom disorder affects mostly males.
The somatoform disorders involve bodily symptoms.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)