Which of the following MOST clearly illustrates an obsessive-compulsive disorder?
A. Morgan washes her hands 10 times after learning that the patient she just treated has hepatitis B.
B. Kendrick is so anxious about his speech for tomorrow that he reviews his notes 20 times.
C. Constant sexual thoughts have made Lauryn anxious for several months. She now carries a prayer book and feels pressured to read passages aloud over and over again everywhere she goes.
D. Mason's house was burglarized last week. He now checks the locks on his doors and windows 5 times a night, and listens to the radio to stop worrying about his safety.
Answer: C. Constant sexual thoughts have made Lauryn anxious for several months. She now carries a prayer book and feels pressured to read passages aloud over and over again everywhere she goes.
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a. feel that the normative standards of the group do not apply to them. b. engage in destructive behavior when they are anonymous. c. rely more heavily on personal standards of behavior when they are anonymous. d. act in ways that are consistent with the norms of the most salient group.
Seligman has found that animals who are exposed to aversive events that they cannot escape, may develop:
A) an internal locus of control. B) a reaction formation. C) learned helplessness. D) neurotic anxiety.
Who was the first person to introduce the concept of the reflex, an automatic, involuntary reaction of the body?
a. Aristotle b. Johannes Müller c. René Descartes d. Thomas Hobbes
Which of the following would be considered a neo-Freudian?
a. Max Wertheimer b. Abraham Maslow c. Edward Titchener d. Carl Jung