When our reaction to a life stressor lasts for many months and interferes with our daily functioning, a diagnosis of _____ may be appropriate

a. burnout c. adjustment disorder
b. psychosomatic disorder d. anxiety disorder


C

Psychology

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The origins of testing can be traced to a. Egypt

b. England. c. China. d. Russia.

Psychology

Nancy Neurotransmitter and Heather Hormone are having an argument over which of them is more powerful. Defending her stance that hormones are more powerful, Heather correctly states that neurotransmitters “____.”?

a. ?can affect only cells that have special receptors—hormones can affect all cells equally! b. ?can be found only in the brain—hormones are found everywhere in the body! c. ?carry their message across the synapse—hormones are carried in the bloodstream and can affect many more cells! d. ?control the autonomic nervous system—hormones control the sympathetic nervous system!

Psychology

Rotheram-Borus and colleagues (2003) designed a successful intervention call Street Smart for runaway children. Street Smart provided these children with access to health care and condoms and delivered a 10-session skill-focused prevention program based on social learning theory. This intervention had a better success rate when:

a. more sessions were conducted. b. when older children were instructed on the used of condoms. c. boys and girls were addressed in separate interventions. d. the information provided to the children was exaggerated to ensure they would follow the instructions.

Psychology

Evidence from a number of studies demonstrates that recall is __________ when the person is tested in a place different from where the material was learned in the first place. These findings illustrate the significance of __________ memory

a. better; context-dependent c. no different; state-dependent b. worse; context-dependent d. inferior; state-dependent

Psychology