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Episodic positive symptoms of psychosis would be expected to occur with some regularity in all of the following DSM-5 conditions except:

Which of the following substances is least likely to produce hallucinations and paranoid delusions if consumed in high doses for prolonged periods of time?

Which of the following is not often referred to as a type of delusion?

Which of the following is a Dissociative Disorder with relatively fewer symptoms of functional amnesia as compared to the others in this category?

Which of the following terms represents an etiology model which hypothesizes that maximum risk of psychopathology occurs among genetically predisposed individuals who have been exposed to some major form of life adversity?

Causative factors that lead to the development and expression of a psychological disorder (e.g., why a disorder begins) are referred to by which of the following terms? 

While working in her garden one day, Petra pulled a weed and was promptly stung by a bee that had been resting on one of its leaves.  Since this incident, whenever Petra pulls a weed, she feels anxious and stiff.  In this case of apparent classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus is the: 

Cognitive and behavior therapist share a common and popular belief that maladaptive response tendencies are acquired through learning.    There are major differences of opinion, however, regarding assumptions about the precise nature of the maladaptive learning.  A good illustration of this distinction might be drawn from B.F. Skinner’s farewell address to APA just days before his death when he compared cognitive psychology to:

Shown below is a ring form of a monosaccharide along with a Fischer projection of its open chain form.  Is the ring form shown the alpha form or beta form? [ab] Is the ring form shown a furanose or a pyranose? [fp] Is this the L-enantiomer or the D-enantiomer? [dl] Is this an aldose or a ketose? [ah]

Consider the following reaction: NaOH (s) + HCl (aq) -> NaCl (aq) + H2O (l) ΔHrxn ​= −57.1 kJ How much heat is released when [x] g of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) reacts completely with excess hydrochloric acid (HCl)? Express your answer as a positive value in units of kJ using at least three significant figures.