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Mr.Santo has not left his home for 10 years for fear of having a panic attack.When he does think of leaving his home,he begins to hyperventilate,shake,and experience chest pains.Mr.Santo has the symptoms of

A) panic disorder.
B) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
C) generalized anxiety disorder.
D) agoraphobia.

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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People with anorexia nervosa often come from families that

A) lack educational opportunities.
B) are high achieving and competitive.
C) are unable to afford adequate food.
D) don't care about physical appearance or excess weight.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Obsessions are

Jonathan is unwilling to communicate with others,has no apparent feeling,and remains motionless for hours at a time.Jonathan is exhibiting

According to the ________ perspective,anxiety is sometimes produced by the submerged mental energy associated with repressed impulses.

Field trials assessing clinician agreement when using the new DSM-5 categories indicate that diagnoses of adult posttraumatic stress disorder fared ________and diagnoses of antisocial personality disorder fared ________.

Patricia has been diagnosed with bulimia nervosa.Which of the following is a key characteristic of her eating disorder?

Research suggests that women are more vulnerable to depression than men because women tend to overthink,to linger mentally on negative events.This suggestion best illustrates a ________ perspective.

One difficulty with a purely attributional explanation of depression is that negative attributions

Rats that received unpredictable electric shocks in a laboratory experiment subsequently became apprehensive when returned to that same laboratory setting.This best illustrates that anxiety may result from

Professor Zinn suggests that depression may stem from the impact of stressful experiences on molecular structures that control gene expression.The professor's suggestion most clearly highlights the importance of

The heritability of bipolar disorder has been estimated to be ________ than the heritability of major depressive disorder and ________ than the heritability of generalized anxiety disorder.

An overabundance of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine is most likely to be associated with

Brian often interrupts his teacher while she is speaking and frequently forgets to complete his homework assignments.He also has difficulty taking turns in playground games with classmates.Brian most clearly exhibits symptoms of

Disruptions in conscious awareness and sense of identity are most characteristic of

After lab-reared monkeys saw their parents fearfully avoid reaching for food located near a snake,the younger monkeys developed a strong fear of snakes.The younger monkeys' fear of snakes best illustrated the impact of

Lana is about the right weight for her age and height.Nevertheless,whenever she goes on an eating binge,she purges the excessive food by self-induced vomiting.It is likely that Lana suffers from

Brain scans have found enlarged fluid-filled areas in people with

People who are more vulnerable to PTSD have a smaller _______ than those who do not develop this disorder.

Persistent avoidance of social situations due to an intense fear of being negatively evaluated by others is most characteristic of