You stayed up all night cramming for this examination and didn't do as well as you had hoped. "If only I had started studying sooner and gotten a good night's rest, I'd have done much better," you think to yourself. You have just engaged in

Tyrone is particularly adept at visual search, identifying a target stimulus among a group of other distractor items. Which job would make the best use of his talent?

a) lawyer b) air traffic controller c) college professor d) construction worker

John does not like to go to school. Although he is a relatively good student, he does

not enjoy his classroom. He does not mind doing homework, but the thought of going to school makes him extremely uncomfortable, sometimes even physically ill. His parents were concerned for a while that he was being bullied, but could not find any evidence that that was the case. After extensive questioning, John finally broke down and told them that he is always afraid of making a mistake in front of his classmates. He desperately fears that they will not like him, or will make fun of him. John is likely to: a. Separation anxiety disorder b. Specific phobia c. Social phobia d. Obsessive-compulsive disorder e. School phobia