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Sophia once found herself in a busy restaurant when she had a panic attack, brought on by stress she felt over recent health problems and deaths of her friends and loved ones. A few weeks later she experienced another attack, this time in a grocery store. Over time Sophia gradually reduced her contact with the outside world, fearful that an attack might strike at any moment and worried that she might find herself helpless, stricken, and embarrassed in a public place. Sophia’s initial troubles have developed into __________.

According to Ethics Unwrapped: Utilitarianism,  this theory has several limitations.  Which of the statements below is correct?

Which of the following emotions does not have a universal facial expression?

According to Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis, the part of personality that contains unconscious psychic energies related to sex and aggression is called the __________.

Please rate your ability to explain the critical thinking process and evidence-based practice skills applicable to nursing practice.

What term do we use to refer to “an irrational fear of taking a stand on any moral problem?

Mimansa loves to color and draw in the little sketchbook her Aunt Bhar gave her. One day Aunt Bhar tells her, “Mimansa, I’ll give you 25 cents for any picture you draw for me.” Soon Mimansa finds that her piggy bank is heavier, yet her enthusiasm for drawing and coloring has drastically diminished. Why?

Emily believes that the best way to determine what is right in any given situation is to consider the consequences of her choices.  In weighing out which action to take, she considers everyone who will be affect and chooses the action which cause the least harm to the least number of people.   She is using which approach to ethics?

Susan and Frank are taking a philosophy class.  The instructor challenges them to use their critical thinking skills to evaluate the types of knowledge or information available.  One of the questions they have been discussing in class is “What can be KNOWN and can we be justified in our beliefs about what goes beyond the evidence of our sense? “  Susan and Frank have been studying which of the branches of philosophy?

“Just you wait ’til your father gets home tonight! When I tell him what you’ve done you’ll be punished for sure!” Why is this often-heard strategy, unfortunately present in many households, generally ineffective in changing behavior?