Emily is seen as cold, distant, and selfish. She has trouble recognizing others' emotions. She may suffer from an emotional processing deficit termed __________.

A. anorexia
B. anhedonia syndrome
C. aphasia
D. alexithymia syndrome


Answer: D

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A. individualistic orientation B. self-rewarding orientation C. collectivistic orientation D. nationalistic orientation

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When a person exhibits a pattern of making poor decisions and jeopardizing their well-being, it is considered a __________ deviation from normal behavior.

A. dysfunctional B. distressful C. sociocultural D. dangerous

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Which person will experience the greatest negative emotional consequence to self-discrepancy?

a. Sarah, who thinks she ought to be much thinner than she is, but doesn't dwell on it b. Mira, who thinks she ought to be much heavier than she is, and weight and appearance is very important toher c. Sam, who thinks he ought to be a better athlete than he is, but feels this discrepancy is rather small d. Jared, who thinks he ought to have better grades, but school just isn't that important to him

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In Piaget's conservation-of-liquid problem, preoperational children are easily distracted by the ________ of objects and ignore the ___________ between events.

A) size; time period B) transformation; reversibility of direction C) perceptual appearance; dynamic transformation D) color; interaction

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