A newspaper article described research on the relationship between stress and colds. Which of the following is the most likely summary?
a) Stress increases the chances of infection.
b) Stress is more likely after a cold than before.
c) Stress makes the symptoms of a cold worse.
d) There is no association between stress and infection.
Question 2A strictly behavioral therapist treating Steve for contamination fear due to OCD would use which of the following interventions?
a) Have Steve meditate daily.
b) Have Steve challenge the idea that it is necessary to be clean.
c) Have Steve purposely get dirty.
d) Have Steve say stop' to himself quietly when he feels he must wash.
Question 3Based on past research, which of the following individuals has the most heightened risk for a poor outcome of bereavement?
a) Mel whose wife was murdered
b) Sara whose husband died of heart disease
c) Lena whose husband died after a long battle with cancer
d) Barbara who had a ambivalent relationship with her husband
Question 4A study finds that children of mothers with a fear of heights are more likely to have a fear of heights themselves.
Which of the following may be a reason why it would be inaccurate to conclude that a fear of heights is genetically transmitted from mother to offspring?
a) Specific phobias cannot be genetically transmitted.
b) The mothers may model phobic behavior.
c) The study did not test the possibility of the fathers' having a fear of heights.
d) None of the above.
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