Darien is 3 years old. He slips off a step, falls, and bruises his knee. Upon picking the crying toddler up, Darien's mother kisses his knee and gives him an M&M. Magically, Darien's pain disappears. This phenomenon would be known as the _____________ in psychology.

Boris becomes sexually aroused by depriving himself of oxygen as he approaches orgasm

during masturbation. He does this by putting a plastic bag over his head. This extremely risky practice is called ______. a. necrophilia c. frotteurism b. hypoxyphilia d. scatologia

Which of the following refers to scoring very high or low on some dimension, such as intelligence, anxiety, or depression?

a. subjective relativity b. statistical abnormality c. mental nonconformity d. maladaptive deviations