Zeeshan was involved in a bad car accident three weeks ago in which his best friend died at the scene. Ever since the accident, Zeeshan has not been able to sleep, thinks about the accident all the time and refuses to ride in a car. Zeeshan is most likely suffering from:

Related Mcqs:

1. Rudy has been on a strict diet of 1000 calories per day for the last six weeks. He lost considerably more weight in the first three weeks of his diet than in the last three because:

   A. his insulin level has decreased
   B. learn tissue is maintained by fewer calories than is fat tissue
   C. his metabolic rate has decreased
   D. his fat cells have decreased in number

2. You parked your car in a large car park Monday morning. When you return to the car park Monday night, you have forgotten Fiesta in a large car park filled with green Volkswagens and red Fiestas, which type of visual search would you need to use?

   A. Parallel search
   B. Serial search
   C. Conjunction search
   D. Serial and conjunction

3. In my experiment I am going to investigate how sleep affects anxiety. The number of hours of sleep the subjects have been called the _________________variable.

   A. control
   B. experiential
   C. dependent
   D. independent

4. In a recent car accident, Taimor sustained damage to his right cerebral hemisphere. This injury is most likely to reduce Tamior’s ability to:

   A. facially express emotions
   B. solve arithmetic problems
   C. understand simple verbal requests
   D. process information in an orderly sequence

5. When you go over to visit your friend’s new baby, your friend exclaims, “Watch this! Every time I touch his cheek he turns his mouth towards my finger!” Because you’ve taken psychology, you know that this phenomenon is called the______reflex.

   A. grasping
   B. complementary
   C. rooting
   D. startle

6. Sanam has just finished a long exhausting 6-mile run. She and her friend Jamal are gazing at a hill they need a climb to get back to their car Jamal asks Sanam, “Gee how steep do you think that hill is?” Based on research by Proffitt and his colleagues Sanam is likely to:

   A. make a reasonably accurate estimate of the hill’s slant, as most people do
   B. underestimate the hill’s slant, as most people do
   C. Ooverestimate the hill’s slant, but to a lesser degree than she would have before her exhausting run
   D. Overestimate the hill’s slant to an even greater degree than she would have before her exhausting run

7. Nolan used to love tequila. However, a few weeks ago he drank way too much tequila and became very, very sick. His tendency to drink tequila has since declined dramatically. In operant terms, this sequence of events represents:

   A. generalization
   B. negative reinforcement
   C. higher-order conditioning
   D. punishment

8. Two-year-old Damien frequently refuses to obey his parents because he derives immense pleasure from demonstrating his independence from their control Freud would have suggested that Damien is going through the______stage of development.

   A. latency
   B. genital
   C. anal
   D. phallic

9. Alex thinks smoking is addictive but other players on his hockey team insist that it’s not. Alex is likely to conform to their opinion if:

   A. there is obvious disagreement among team players regarding the issue
   B. he feels insecure in his role as a new member of the team
   C. he has publicity voiced his opinion on this issue
   D. social facilitation within the term is very low

10. You and a friend play three hours of racquetball I. Afterwards, you are most likely to prefer:

    A. plain water
    B. a slightly salty liquid
    C. a beverage containing some alcohol
    D. milk