Some researchers are concerned that the criteria for diagnosing somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder lump too many different syndromes together, and risk mislabeling ________ as mental illness.

A. conversion symptoms
B. general anxiety disorder
C. migraines
D. physical illness


Answer: D

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A. vicarious B. innate C. latent D. insight

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You have no difficulty distinguishing between the letters O and W, but it takes longer to distinguish between the letters O and Q. Which theory of object recognition does this support?

a. template-matching theory b. subjective-contour theory c. feature-analysis theory d. recognition-by-components models

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In Milgram's obedience-to-authority research, which ethical principle(s) was (were) violated?

a. The responsibility of the scientist to debrief participants. b. The right of the participant to be protected from physical or psychological harm. c. The responsibility of the experimenter to conduct follow-up evaluations when research procedures result in undesirable. consequences. d. All of these

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B. F. Skinner rigged the cages of eight pigeons so that food was delivered every 15 seconds. Within a short time, most of the pigeons were practicing some sort of consistent ritual, even though the ritual did not have the least effect on the delivery of the reinforcer. The birds were ________.

a. demonstrating spontaneous recovery b. developing phobias c. trained by vicarious conditioning d. behaving superstitiously

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