__________refers to focusing one's consciousness on a particular stimulus
A) Countertransference
B) Selective attention
C) Repression
D) Cognitive dissonance
E) Select
B
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Steele and Aronson (1995) reported that when black students were asked to record their race on a demographic questionnaire before taking a standardized test:
a) they performed the same as compared to black students who were not primed to think about their race before taking the test. b) they performed significantly better compared to black students who were not primed to think about their race before taking the test. c) they performed worse than the black students who were not primed to think about their race before taking the test. d) they performed better than the whites who were primed to think about their race before taking the test.
Kavitha, a young woman in her late teens, is diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. If we could study her and the brains of others who suffer from the disorder, we would find:
A. reduced activity in the brain area that normally responds to the pleasure of eating B. increased activity in the brain area that normally responds to the pleasure of eating C. a large left hemisphere compared to the right hemisphere D. increased activity in the brain area associated with fear
A disorder or symptom that occurs as a result of the treatment itself is called a(n):
A) placebo effect. B) iatrogenic illness. C) dissociative disorder. D) malingering syndrome.
Recent research has found that ______ can be used to treat hypochondriasis and factitious disorder.
a. mild tranquilizers c. analgesics b. phenothiazines d. antidepressants