Imagine that a man is bitten by a dog and then develops a phobia of dogs. The dog bite would be considered the

When people are attempting to form judgments from ambiguous information, they will often begin from a known departure point and adjust their judgment from there. This is known as

a. counterfactual thinking b. the anchoring heuristic c. the conjunction error d. the logical error

Which of the following is an accurate statement about factors affecting treatment for PTSD? a. Victims of PTSD remember the traumatic events with perfect accuracy

b. Victims of PTSD often repress memories of the traumatic event. c. Re-exposure to the trauma should be accomplished quickly to assure the best therapeutic response. d. PTSD patients should never be re-exposed to emotions and situations that remind them of the trauma event.