A major contribution health psychologists have made to working with individuals with HIV/AIDS is
a. developing psychological treatments to cure the disease.
b. improving the mental health of those who have contracted the virus.
c. understanding the role spirituality has in facilitating compliance with treatment.
d. focusing attention on the fact that most cases can be prevented by encouraging the avoidance of risky behavior patterns.
d
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Freud wrote about all of the following types of anxiety except one. Which one?
A. Reality anxiety B. Neurotic anxiety C. Moral anxiety D. Performance anxiety
Andrea has kept a secret about a traumatic childhood experience to herself for many years. After years of trying to not think about the experience, she decides to write about it in a diary. She spends an hour each night for several days writing about the experience and her feelings surrounding it. Based on research findings, what are the likely effects of Andrea's writing?
A. Andrea's health should improve. B. Andrea will continue to be bothered by the experience until she shows the diary to someone. C. Andrea will become obsessed with the experience, thinking about it more than ever. D. Andrea will become depressed and require professional help.
A single neuron in area VI that fires continuously when a line in the visual field is orientated to the right at 45 degrees:
A) also will fire continuously when the line is orientated to the left at 45 degrees. B) will fire at a lower rate when the line is orientated to the right at 15 degrees. C) also will fire continuously when the line is vertical. D) will not fire when the line is orientated to the right at 60 degrees.
Quasi-experimental research:
a. tends to have greater internal validity than true experimental research. b. tends to have greater external validity than true experimental research. c. does not differ from true experimental research in internal and external validity. d. is less relevant than true experimental research.