When Veda returned home after the worst typhoon in twenty years, her entire family was dead and there was nothing left of her village. Veda wandered off and forgot her name, and everything about her previous life. This is an example of a _____.

A. dissociate identity disorder
B. nervous breakdown
C. dissociative amnesia
D. dissociative fugue


Answer: D. dissociative fugue

Psychology

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a. development of the deviation IQ b. use of group-administered intelligence tests in the U.S. Army c. development of a mental quotient d. development of norms for the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale e. development of the intelligence quotient

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a. lessened risks of arrests. b. promoted higher educational attainment and income. c. effects disappeared after the elementary school years. d. both ‘a' and ‘b'

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What are three sources of information one could use to determine a person's subjective well-being?

What will be an ideal response?

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For Erikson, the psychosocial crisis of _____ is the major challenge of the young adult years

A) identity vs. role confusion B) autonomy vs. shame and doubt C) intimacy vs. isolation D) integrity vs. despair

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