The expression of a personality characteristic that is related to a specific circumstance, clinical condition, or period of time is called a
A) trait.
B) disorder.
C) state.
D) context.
C
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Which of the following statements is MOST accurate?
a. More than one-third of all psychological studies involve animals. b. The American Psychological Association has developed ethical guidelines for research involving animals. c. There have been few, if any, major advances in the treatment of mental or physical disorders in humans that are attributable to animal research. d. The majority of psychological studies using animals involve painful or harmful manipulations.
A person who suffers from a paraphilia would be described as having a(n)
a. imaginary illness. b. free-floating generalized anxiety. c. deviation in sexual behavior. d. severe personality disorder.
Observations of imprinting led to which of the following major concepts in child development?
A) behavior modification B) observational learning C) the critical period D) the chronosystem
Matthew, a psychology major, is worried that he and his family have the mental disorders he is reading about. Matthew is experiencing:
-ceraunophobia. -obsessive-compulsive disorder. -somatoform disorder. -psychology student's syndrome.