The DSM-IV-TR Criteria for 300.3 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder:B. Compulsions defined by:

What will be an ideal response?


(1) repetitive behaviors (e.g., hand washing, ordering, checking) or mental acts (e.g., praying, counting, repeating words silently) that the person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession, or according to rules that must be applied rigidly(2) behaviors or mental acts aimed at preventing or reducing distress or preventing some dreaded event or situation; behaviors or mental acts either not connected in a realistic way with what they are designed to neutralize or prevent or are clearly excessive

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The pituitary is stimulated to produce hormones by the:

a. brainstem c. hormone kisspeptin b. ovaries or testes d. cerebral cortex

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The participants subsection of the method includes which of the following?

a. the number of participants c. any incentives offered for participating b. the major demographics of the sample d. all of these

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What kind of study would I need to demonstrate the link between a cause and its effect?

a. a correlational study c. either a or b b. an experiment d. none of these

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Which of the following is true about swaddling?

a. It delays physical development in children because their arms and legs cannot move when they are swaddled. b. It is a relatively new technique to soothe babies. c. Pediatricians think it is cruel, but parents do it anyway. d. In some traditional cultures, babies are swaddled to a cradle board.

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