A threatening event occurs. You start to perspire, your heart rate increases and you

start to breathe harder. Given only the above information, this is most likely

(a) a panic attack
(b) a fight-or-flight response
(c) a conditioned emotional response
(d) a set of symptoms of agoraphobia
(e) a symptom of mental illness, such as a manic phase

B

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According to your textbook, cognition is the acquisition, storage, transformation, and use of knowledge. Compared to more basic cognitive processes such as working memory, problem solving makes more use of which of those four processes?

a. acquisition of knowledge b. storage of knowledge c. transformation of knowledge d. use of knowledge

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A patient waiting for an appointment with Sigmund Freud looks around the room to see who else is waiting. Among those listed below, who is most likely to have been one of Freud's patients?

a) Hal, who is severely depressed b) Angela, who is severely depressed c) Sue, who is suffering from a hysterical disorder d) Mario, who is suffering from a hysterical disorder

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