Research has found that Asian Americans often react to stress by ____
a. becoming irritable
b. developing physical complaints
c. withdrawing
d. redirecting their energies into school or work
B
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Summer has anorexia nervosa and is slowly starving herself to death. However, when friends or family tell her to seek professional help, she tells them that she feels fine. She can't understand why people won't just leave her alone. In this example, Summer's eating disorder would MOST likely be considered
a. personally distressing. b. culturally deviant. c. maladaptive. d. delusional.
Children exhibiting higher rates of prosocial behavior tend to have parents who __________.
A. model empathy toward others B. punish the children for acts of aggression C. allow their children to freely express their emotions of anger or sympathy D. model prosocial behavior and coach their children in emotion regulation
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. At some time over the course of their lives, about 10% of Canadians are estimated to suffer from PTSD because the effects of PTSD are now recognized not only among the victims, witnesses, and perpetrators of war but also among ordinary people who are traumatized by terrible events in civilian life. 2. According to an important study, people with PTSD show a smaller-sized hippocampus, a preexisting condition that made them susceptible to developing PTSD when they were later exposed to trauma. 3. Major depressive disorder is also known as unipolar depression. 4. Symptoms must persist for at least 2 months in order to receive a diagnosis of major depressive disorder. 5. Antidepressant medications usually take several weeks before they begin to alter neurotransmitter levels in the brain.
A long-distance truck driver who abuses a drug in order to stay awake for long hours would probably be an abuser of
a. PCP. b. amphetamines. c. benzodiazepines. d. GHB.