Angela has constant short-lived bouts of feels of abject ter…
Angela has constant short-lived bouts of feels of abject terror. Seemingly without warning, she’ll begin to sweat and tremble, her heart will start racing, she’ll feel dizzy and lightheaded, and she’ll generally feel as if she might be dying. Which psychological disorder best matches the description of Angela above?
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A local hockey league wants to decrease the chances that players will fight with one another. Previously in the league there was no penalty for fighting. This season the league has instituted a rule that if players fight one another, they are given a 5-minute penalty (where they are taken off the ice and have to sit in the penalty box; *note* you should view this as having their ability to play taken away from them). The league finds that after the rule change, players became far less likely to fight one another. This would be an example of what type of operant conditioning?
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There are two art professors at a local community college. In Mr. Johnston’s class, every week students are given a specific item that they have to draw, paint, or sculpt. In Mrs. Pepper’s class, students are given a broad description of what item they should draw, paint, or sculpt, but they are told to pick the specific item that they will produce for themselves. Based upon Self-Determination Theory, what basic need might Mrs. Pepper’s class satisfy more so than Mr. Johnston’s class?
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Dakota and Mackenzie are both applying to med school, and both have been studying non-stop for the MCAT [med school entrance exam]. This is a very important test, and each student is anxious about how well they will do. Both of them will also be traveling to another country to provide emergency medical care for two weeks in September. Dakota will be taking the MCAT in early October and has been studying every day since May, while Mackenzie will thake the MCAT in mid-November and has only been studying since mid-July. We would expect _______ to be in the ______ stage of General Adaptation Syndrome and to be more likely to get sick on their trip, while we would expect _______ to be in the _______ stage and to be less likely to get sick on their trip.
Read DetailsEleanor and Janet are identical twin sisters in their first…
Eleanor and Janet are identical twin sisters in their first semester of college. Eleanor goes to a school that has 10-week quarters, while Janet goes to a school that has 16-week semesters. It is now early December. Eleanor has four final exams this week. She’s been incredibly nervous about the exams for the past three weeks because she’s not sure she can pass them all. As such, she’s been studying non-stop for the last three weeks. Janet’s final exams are still more than two weeks away. She’s started to be nervous about the exams for the past few days and has just started studying recently. If both sisters are exposed to the exact same cold virus, you would expect that ________ is more likely to get sick because she is more likely to be in the __________ phase of the General Adaptation Syndrome.
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