Susan has been undergoing chemotherapy. Because the drugs used in this treatment cause nausea, Susan may experience
a. a taste aversion.
b. homeostasis.
c. bulimia nervosa.
d. anorexia nervosa
ANSWER: a
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The parents of four-year-old Sam are concerned because their son wets his bed most nights. They have heard stories describing the future of children who wet their beds. They seek the advice of their physician who finds that Sam has no medical problems
that might cause this bedwetting. What is the physician likely to say? a. Sam probably also meets the criteria for encopresis. b. Sam has not yet reached the age at which bedwetting is considered abnormal. c. Sam is probably just going through the beginning stages of oppositional defiant disorder. d. Sam probably suffers from autistic disorder, and the bedwetting reflects his immaturity.
Carolyn Rovee-Collier's research used a moving mobile or a moving train to assess infant memory. This research shows
a. a steady improvement in memory during the first 18 months of life. b. no consistent pattern in memory development, because the measure of memory used for the first 6 months yields very different data from the measure of memory used later in infancy. c. a very low level of correct responses during the first 6 months, because infants' brain development is incomplete, followed by a very rapid increase in memory. d. a very rapid increase in memory during the first 6 months, followed by a more gradual increase and then a plateau.
You know your roommate has a history of anorexia nervosa. When you see her eat very little at dinner and then go to work out at the gym, you see this as a sign of another anorexic episode beginning. You don't think that when other people act the same way. Your behavior is consistent with:
a. a diagnostic labeling effect b. DSM c. dissociation d. the medical model approach
A professional who would study how stress affects the heart is a(n) _____ psychologist
a. environmental b. health c. clinical d. I/O