Which of the following is an excitatory neurotransmitter that is involved with arousal and vigilance, and mood with an excess leading to anxiety problems?
a. glutamate
b. acetylcholine
c. norepinephrine
d. dopamine
C
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a. It can occur at any time of the lifespan. b. It includes a wide variety of conditions. c. It impacts speech, behavior, and social skills. d. It is related to other anxiety and mood disorders.
Shantae is doing an experiment on how anxious people will feel if they are told that they did not do well on an intelligence test. She asks her participants to rate how nervous, upset, and anxious they feel on a scale from 1 (not at all) to 7 (very). Participant's scores on the scale are a(n) ____.?
a. ?operational definition of anxiety b. ?independent variable c. ?confounding variable d. ?empirical definition of anxiety
About one-_____ of adolescents/young adults living in the United States are members of an ethnic minority group
a. half b. third c. quarter d. fifth
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technique for dealing with his stress? A) cognitive restructuring B) mindfulness meditation C) systematic desensitization D) self-actualization