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After surviving a commuter train derailment, Justin experienced frequent, vivid thoughts and images of the accident for several months.  He also had problems sleeping and was irritable and withdrawn.  Justin is suffering from

“If a response is followed by a pleasurable consequence, it will tend to be repeated. If a response is followed by an unpleasant consequence, it will tend not to be repeated.” This is a statement of ___________.

Which of the following statements is correct concerning correlations?

__________ consist of ambiguous pictures, sentences, or stories that the test taker interprets or completes. 

For a patient receiving a blood transfusion, which observation should be reported immediately to the healthcare provider?

Ainsley is participating in a study that aims to determine whether the occipital cortex becomes more active in response to moving versus stationary stimuli. When she arrives at the lab, she ingests a “tracer” and then enters the scanning machine. What type of brain imaging is most likely being conducted in this study?

Sandra strongly believes that attending daycare is detrimental to children’s development so she decides to write her psychology term paper on this topic. She does a literature search and finds several sources supporting her opinion, but she finds that the majority of research indicates that children attending daycare experience healthy development. She writes a paper using the sources that find negative associations with daycare attendance. This is an example of ________.

Each of the following is a common ethical guideline suggested by the American Psychological Association EXCEPT __________.

Upon diagnosing a patient with lupus, the patient inquires, “What causes this condition?” The nurse should explain that the immune system targets the ________.

Ralphonzo is a bright student but he procrastinates.  He postpones writing term papers and gets incomplete grades from his teachers that eventually become F’s.  After exploring his early childhood memories with a therapist for almost a year, Ralphonzo comes to the insight that he procrastinates as a way of expressing anger toward his parents.  The treatment method used to help Ralphonzo deal with his problem is most likely