A man leaves home one day, travels to another location, and loses all memory of his past life. He assumes a new identity that is more outgoing and less inhibited than that of his forgotten past. Time passes, and he recalls and then returns to his former life and identity. The events of the "new life" pursued when he lost his memory are completely forgotten. This man has experienced
a. dissociative fugue. c. malingering.
b. dissociative identity disorder. d. depersonalization.
A
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Pain
a. can be purely psychological in nature. b. that is most severe and leads people to go to the doctor is objective (e.g., involves tissue damage) rather than subjective. c. is not influenced by ethnicity, but only degree of acculturation.. d. Does not seem to be influenced by sex.
When the organism has reached a perfect balance between the amount of food consumed and amount of energy the body needs, the organism is said to have:
a. homeostasis c. desired weight b. optimum or ideal weight d. caloric-energy balance
According to John Carroll (1980), _____________ deals in knowledge, truth, and derives abstract principles from specific instances
A. religion B. law C. education D. social science
Toy manufacturers need to be careful that toys and parts of toys are too large for children to put into their mouths. Piaget would interpret this as
a. an understanding of children's tendency to assimilate. b. an unnecessary intrusion in the developmental process. c. an understanding of the egocentricity of young children. d. an understanding of children's lack of object permanence.