The medical records of a patient at the local mental health center indicate that she has experienced a general numbing of responsiveness or detachment from others. Based on this symptom, which of the following is the most likely diagnosis in her case?
a. pain disorder
b. conversion disorder
c. somatic symptom disorder
d. acute stress disorder
Answer: d.
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Cross-cultural research on perception of emotion, such as that conducted by Elfenbein and Ambady (2002), indicates that a. people are uniformly good at perceiving the emotional states of others based on nonverbal cues, regardless ofwhether perceivers and targets are from the same culture
b. people are fairly successful at perceiving the emotional states of individuals from other cultures, but we arebetter at judging emotions of individuals from our own culture. c. people are actually better at perceiving the emotional states of individuals from other cultures because theyare not distracted by language use and other verbal cues. d. language comprehension plays a central role in the evaluation of emotion.
Roger is a heavy user of alcohol. Roger's alcohol consumption raises his risk for which type of cancer?
a. cancer of the mouth b. cancer of the pharynx c. esophageal cancer d. cancers of the mouth, pharynx, and esophagus e. none of the above; alcohol consumption is not involved in cancer
Dr. Sachs believes that certain aspects of personality are innate. With respect to personality development, Dr. Sachs takes:
a. an empiricist approach b. a nativist approach c. a functionalist approach d. a structuralist approach
What is the longest stage of prenatal development?
a. the placental stage c. the germinal stage b. the brain and organ development stage d. the fetal stage