What are the three major characteristics found in hypochondriacal patients and what are the consequences of the characteristics?
What will be an ideal response?
Hypochondriacal individuals exhibit physiological arousal, which often is reflected in tension, anxiety, and sleep disturbances. They also have a bodily focus, which is illustrated in close monitoring of bodily features, attention to information that is consistent with worries about illness, and preoccupation and rumination about physical complaints, Finally, they engage in behaviors designed to avoid or check for physical illness: these include repeated self-inspection, repeated medical consultation and reassurance-seeking, rigid views and behavior regarding diet or lifestyle, and efforts to avoid physical exertion or contact with people who seem to have a disease.
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a. have higher self-esteem than later-maturing girls. b. achieve higher grades than their later-maturing counterparts. c. have fewer conduct problems than later-maturing girls. d. may feel very conspicuous.
For many adults who have experienced the death of a loved one who died in the military in various conflicts, this type of death is particularly difficult becaus
A. It involves a natural loss. B. It may have involved a suicide. C. It may have occurred in traumatic ways. D. It was unpatriotic. E. It is accompanied by formal memorial services.
In Dodge's social information-processing theory, the first step in an aggressive encounter is to
a. enact a response. b. encode and interpret social cues. c. generate problem-solving strategies. d. evaluate the likely effectiveness of response strategies.
Alice, who is in grade 10, is walking home from school. Jim, one of the "cool" 12th graders, approaches her and asks to walk with her. All of a sudden, she experiences a feeling of excitement and, at the exact same time, she notices that her heart is pounding. This sequence of events is MOST consistent with which theory of emotion?
A) Cannon–Bard B) Skinner–Watson C) James–Lange D) LeDoux–Freud