Which of the following statements is true of Latah, a cultural syndrome of distress?
a) It is characterized by an extreme startle response, echolalia, trancelike behavior, or other inappropriate, uncontrollable behavior.
b) It is an altered state of consciousness observed among Ethiopian immigrants to Israel.
c) It is seen in Cambodia and is recognized as symptoms based on cultural trauma that is distinct from PTSD.
d) It is characterized by the extreme fear that one's genitals are shrinking or retracting into the body, causing death, observed among males in Malaysia.
a
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A) Santa Claus mask; electric shock B) loud noise; rabbit C) dog; white rat D) white rat; loud noise
Which of the following has been shown to play a role in the suggestive questioning of child witnesses?
A. interviewer bias B. social influence C. selective reinforcement of answers D. all of the above
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