Ellie keeps seeing images of the World Trade Center collapse and sometimes seems to feel the dust filling her lungs. She refuses to go back to New York City and is having trouble sleeping. Ellie's behavior is consistent with:
a. Type A personality disorder
b. burnout
c. generalized anxiety disorder
d. posttraumatic stress disorder
D
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Psychologist Henry Murray felt that the study of the entire human being, or __________, could be done effectively by using a technique called psychobiography, which was very similar to a case study.
A. personology B. Gestalt psychology C. positive psychology D. humanism
Intensity of a stimulus, such as the intensity of noise that a person experiences, can be communicated through ______.
A. the size of an action potential B. the length of the axon an action potential travels along C. the number of neurons that fire action potentials D. the speed at which the action potential occurs
An example of a serial analytic process would be __________.
A. drawing a sketch of a 3D object B. reading a highway map C. using building blocks to build a space fortress D. reading
Which part of the brain can be thought of as a major switching station that directs incoming information to the correct brain structure?
A. midbrain B. thalamus C. cerebellum D. reticular activating system