Kim has a poor appetite and has experienced serious weight loss. She is unable to concentrate and make decisions. She often expresses feeling unworthy and guilty for things she has not done. She says she no longer cares about life and has talked about death and how she would welcome it. Psychologists would likely diagnose Kim with which of the following disorders?
a. schizophrenia c. major depression
b. conversion disorder d. bipolar disorder
C
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A(n) __________ is a condition in which a person has little or no interest in sexual activity.
A. sexual desire disorder B. paraphilia C. orgasmic disorder D. refractory disorder
Object relations theorists focus on the influence of ____ on personality development
a. ?womb envy b. ?tendencies toward introversion and extraversion c. ?attachment to caregivers d. ?unconscious psychosexual conflicts
Wally has a good business that he operates by himself. People say that he does a good job, but they can tell that he interacts with people only as much as required for his business to succeed. They have never seen him smile or show any real emotion. His relatives tell people that Wally does not attend any community functions because he prefers to be alone. Wally fits the description of which
personality disorder? a. schizoid b. avoidant c. antisocial d. narcissistic
Piaget probably would have predicted that ____________
a. preoperational children are too egocentric to have a theory of mind b. preoperational children can accurately explain emotion in terms of mental states c. preschools can accurately predict and explain human action d. a commonsense understanding of how the mind works