If you attend a lecture on the general adaptation syndrome, you can expect to learn about
A. ways of doing therapy.
B. how the body reacts to stress.
C. a type of mental illness.
D. a theory describing stages of development.
Ans: B. how the body reacts to stress.
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In most states that have a Tarasoff-type rule, when a client threatens someone, a therapist must __________.
A. make a reasonable effort to warn potential victims B. continue trying to warn potential victims until the therapist reaches them C. not break confidentiality D. warn as many people who know the client as possible
Recall Solomon Asch's famous line-judging studies. In these studies, research subjects were asked to make judgments about unambiguous stimuli. They were asked to do this while in the presence of confederates who consistently gave incorrect responses. According to the textbook, one of the important conclusions to be drawn from Asch's research is that ____
a. people look to authority figures for information—rather than to the environment b. people look to authority figures for information—rather than to one another c. people look to the environment for information—rather than to one another d. people look to one another for information—rather than to the environment
Existential theorists believe that people are alone in the world and may therefore develop a sense of
a. meaninglessness. b. authenticity. c. apprehension. d. anxiety.
For individuals with fragile X syndrome, _____ tend to exhibit more apparent symptoms
a. more often females b. more often males c. males and females equally d. first born children