When Jill experienced her first panic attack, she felt as if she were outside of herself, watching herself struggle to catch her breath. Jill's sense of not being part of herself is one of the symptoms of a panic attack known as

a. derealization.
b. depersonalization.
c. dissociative fugue.
d. personality disintegration.


b. depersonalization.

Psychology

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What kind of memory is conscious and can be recalled intentionally?

A. explicit memory B. reductive memory C. retracted memory D. implicit memory

Psychology

Which test has been extended downwards to apply to children and adolescents?

a. It lacks standardized statistical methods. b. It uses subjective factor names. c. It requires annual revisions. d. It can be used with clinical but not "normal" populations.

Psychology

Abdul was listening to a radio talk show and heard the announcer talk about "a high correlation between crime and poverty." The announcer then proceeded to say since there was a high correlation, poverty causes crime. Abdul is taking psychology, and is skeptical of what he just heard. He knows that:

A. correlation does not indicate cause-and-effect relationships B. to properly evaluate the statement, he needs to know the magnitude of the correlation C. poverty is difficult to measure D. the research indicates that crime causes poverty, not vice versa

Psychology

Psychological research with human subjects is reviewed by ____________; while psychological research with animal subjects is reviewed by _____________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Psychology