Shelly has seen her physician nine times in three months complaining of
a variety of physical symptoms. Each time the physician has been unable to find
a physical cause for her symptoms.
What category of psychological disorder is
the physician likely to suspect Shelly exhibits?
a) anxiety disorder
b) somatoform disorder
c) dissociative disorder
d) psychophysiological disorder
b
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Geraldine is a researcher who is teaching her monkey, Gidget, to use a touch board to communicate with humans. Gidget can touch symbols on the board that symbolize things like "banana," "cup," "play," and "sleep." According to your text, which statement is true?
a. ?Gidget will generate sentences longer than three words. b. ?The working memory limitations of monkeys are known. c. ?Gidget can master between 130 and 500 symbols. d. ?Gidget's language use is less primitive than children's.
Which of the following is true?
a. People are really bad at predicting what will make them miserable, but are good at predicting what will make them happy. b. People are really bad at predicting what will make them happy, but are good at predicting what will make them miserable. c. People are really good at both predicting what will make them happy and what will make them miserable. d. People are really bad at both predicting what will make them happy and what will make them miserable.
Which of the following is an example of physical development?
A) communication and language B) attachment to the primary caretaker C) growth of the brain and nervous system D) improvements in long-term memory
Which of the following statements BEST describes the relation between ethnicity and IQ?
a. African American children tend to have higher IQ scores than European American children. b. When African American and economically disadvantaged children feel more at ease with the examiner, their test scores improve considerably. c. When children of comparable social class are compared, the ethnic differences in IQ disappear. d. When culture-fair intelligence tests are used, ethnic differences in IQ scores disappear.