Juanita worries excessively about her children, her job, her house, and her finances to the point that she stays so nervous that she cannot get anything done. This continuing sense of foreboding has interfered with her ability to sleep, eat, and enjoy life for at least six months. Juanita suffers from a __________ disorder
a. panic
b. somatoform
c. cyclothymic
d. generalized anxiety
D
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a) unbalance b) acquiescence c) propinquity d) homeostasis
How do psychologists use if-then contingencies as a way of describing someone's personality?
a. The "if" portion describes a situation or context, while the "then" portion describes the behavior or traits. b. The "if" portion describes an internal thought process, while the "then" portion describes a behavior. c. The "if" portion describes a behavior, while the "then" portion describes a personality trait or characteristic d. The "if" portion describes a personality characteristic, while the "then" portion describes the behavior shown
The major advantage to structured observation is the fact that
a. researchers can devise a controlled setting for the purpose of eliciting the behavior(s) of interest. b. researchers can observe child behavior in its most pristine form. c. researchers are guaranteed the ability to draw causal conclusions. d. researchers can draw only correlational inferences.
Which of the following is one of the types of cohabiting heterosexual couples as described by Kline, et al.?
A) Those who live together because they believe that marriage is likely to end in divorce B) Those who have very tentative wedding plans C) Those who choose to live together as friends who also have sex together D) Those who regard future marriage as a possibility but also believe that the relationship may be temporary