In schizophrenia, emotions may become blunted or very inappropriate
For example, if a person with schizophrenia is told his mother just died, he might show no emotion at all, which is referred to as
a. paranoia.
b. erotomania.
c. a flat affect.
d. mutism.
ANSWER: c
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a. cognitive equilibrium b. information seeking c. self-concept d. emotional regulation
A patient is asked to concentrate on the thoughts that most upset her. At the same time, she is asked to watch a moving pencil. The patient is probably being treated with
a. insight-distraction therapy. b. therapeutic hypnosis. c. eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. d. encounter group therapy.
When you visit a dying person and he or she does not seem pleased that you are there, you may feel awful after the visit. In this situation, you should think that
a. the dying person is grumpy and exhausted b. it is not fair that I did such a kind thing and it wasn't appreciated c. I should have ignored the dying person and talked to his family members d. it wasn't a good visit and I won't do it again e. I will try to think of some other way to be helpful
Subjects in Moriarity's theft studies were more likely to intervene if
a. they had been attracted to the victim. b. the victim had never spoken to them. c. the victim had asked them "Do you have the time?" d. they had been asked to watch the victim's property. e. they had enough time to help out.