Bolton is under a great deal of pressure at work to produce a grant proposal. He develops paralysis in his hands from the wrist down through the fingers that prevents him from typing and writing the proposal. Bolton doesn't rush to seek medical attention, but when his wife insists, the physician finds no medical explanation for the paralysis after extensive testing. The physician may diagnose Bolton with
a. somatic symptom disorder.
b. illness anxiety disorder.
c. factitious disorder.
d. conversion disorder.
Answer is d. conversion disorder.
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He paid some students relatively little and other students relatively more to write an essay that contradicted their true beliefs about the local police, with whom the student body had experienced unpleasant run-ins. Results of this experiment were noteworthy because they demonstrated that a. students offered money thought they were being bribed. b. counterattitudinal advocacy can affect beliefs about things that really matter. c. behaviors in the world outside the laboratory often contradict previous findings. d. in the world outside the laboratory, it is very difficult to change people's beliefs about things that matter.
While psychoanalytic approaches focus on the unconscious level of experience, the humanistic perspective focuses on the __________ level of experience
a. interpersonal c. objective, observable b. conscious, subjective d. irrational