Which of the following is the BEST example of the social contagion effect?
A) If you had a close relative or friend who committed suicide, your risk of committing suicide is greater.
B) The suicide of a family member is extremely stressful to others in the family.
C) The suicide of a close family member or friend can have a life-long impact on a person.
D) Celebrity suicides do not have as great an impact on individuals as the suicide of a close family member.
Answer: A) If you had a close relative or friend who committed suicide, your risk of committing suicide is greater.
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A. Specific phobia B. Social phobia C. Agoraphobia D. Somatophobia
When Abernathy went to a psychologist for the first time, the clinician asked him what the date was,what year it was, and where they were. Which category of a mental status exam do these questions cover?
a. Thought processes b. Appearance and behavior c. Sensorium d. Intellectual functioning
At her high school reunion, Emily realizes that several of her classmates have changed:
Mark, the class clown, confides that he takes medication to keep himself emotionally stable because he attempted suicide and tried to fly off the garage roof when he believed that he had invented a nuclear umbrella. Alice, the most likely to succeed, washes her hands repeatedly and dries them with tissues, her standard purification ritual, before she will drink the punch. The prom queen, Mary, is not at the reunion because she is afraid to leave her house. The star quarterback, Gary, says he is in charge of the CIA and that a group of terrorists plans to take him hostage. While he is talking, he carefully watches his wife dance with an old classmate and appears jealous. Choose two of Emily's classmates and make a diagnosis of the psychological disorder each may be suffering from, describe the disorder, and state what symptoms led to your diagnosis. What will be an ideal response?
Changing to a new school during adolescence rarely affects a teen, and does not cause symptoms of psychopathology as some developmental psychologists have thought
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.