Soon after Anne has her first child, she returns to work. Her mother objects, saying that putting a child in a day-care center is immoral. After two weeks at work, Anne develops tingling and numbness in her hands that,
within days, progress to total anesthesia in both hands from the wrists down. Anne seems surprisingly unconcerned about the anesthesia and her physician cannot find a physical cause for her problem. He suggests that she is suffering from ______.
a. somatization disorder c. body dysmorphic disorder
b. conversion disorder d. hypochondriasis
B
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Nicholas is a man whom the local college students all think of as eccentric. Each day he stands on campus, smiling at people as they walk by, and he is known for his ever-present greeting of "Good luck!"
In fact, the students at this campus have come to refer to him as "Good Luck Nick." Nobody knows if he has a home or if he is destitute, but Nicholas never asks for anything. Which of the four criteria of mental illness might Nicholas satisfy? a) inability to function normally b) social norm deviance c) subjective discomfort d) objective discomfort
Piaget's cognitive theory stresses the ___________ changes that occur in each stage, while the information processing approach views cognitive development as more ___________
a. quantitative; qualitative c. social; cultural b. qualitative; quantitative d. cultural; social