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21. In the early 20th century, psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler developed the term ‘schizophrenia’ to describe mental conditions whereby____________.
  1. people develop multiple distinct personalities
  2. people develop extreme phobias to familiar objects
  3. people escape anxious feelings by engaging in reckless behavior
  4. people escape painful events by deliberately forgetting them
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22. Amanda is interested in studying lung cancer rates in an Appalachian town. She sets out to design a study that looks at a ‘snapshot’ of cancer rates; this research design is referred to as a ______.
  1. longitudinal study
  2. cross-sectional study
  3. exploratory study
  4. pilot study
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23. Sheila spends hours learning how to sew from her mother. This method of guided participation in the development of childhood skills was pioneered by the following psychologist:
  1. Abraham Maslow
  2. Anna Freud
  3. Lev Vygotsky
  4. Jean Piaget
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24. The two main models used in understanding drug abuse and addictions are __________ and _________.
  1. cultural; social
  2. cultural; psychodynamic
  3. cultural; biological
  4. cultural; humanist
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25. Mrs. Willem visits the doctor’s office 2 or 3 times a week complaining of odd physical pain. The doctor can’t find anything wrong with Mrs. Willem physically and suspects that she suffers from __________
  1. body dysmorphic disorder
  2. hypochondriasis
  3. conversion disorder
  4. malingering
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