Researchers randomly assigned participants to pray or not before doing a task that required a lot of energy. The group that prayed
a. laughed more while watching the comedy film.
b. cried during the second experimental task.
c. left the experiment without completing the tasks.
d. were better able to suppress their emotions as part of the second experimental task.
Answer: D
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Which of the following is true as to the course of anxiety disorders?
a. The long-term outcome of individuals with anxiety disorder is mixed and unpredictable. b. Individuals with agoraphobia avoidance tend to get over their fears with age. c. The frequency and intensity of anxiety attacks tend to increase with age. d. Patients with generalized anxiety disorder may find their physical symptoms replaced with worries .
When anxiety or severe emotional conflicts are transformed into physical symptoms resembling disease or disability, a rare somatoform disorder occurs known as
a. traumatic neurosis. b. a psychosomatic illness. c. a dissociative fugue state. d. a conversion disorder.