Actual social support matters less than the support a person perceives he or she is receiving.

In a tragic diving accident,Andrew damaged his spinal cord. As a result,his legs were paralyzed. Andrew's injury was located in his

A) somatic nervous system.
B) skeletal nervous system.
C) sympathetic nervous system.
D) central nervous system.

When Petra jumps into a cold lake,she feels as though she is freezing.After a few minutes, she no longer notices the cold and feels comfortable in the water.This change is best
Explained by

A) signal detection.
B) a just-noticeable difference.
C) sensory adaptation.
D) difference threshold.

If you're trying to decide whether you actually bought milk,or whether you just planned to buy milk,which process are you using

A)  reality monitoring 
B)  locus of causality 
C)  source monitoring 
D)  internal or external attribution

Germaine has a nervous personality.This semester,he is enrolled in 18 credit hours while also studying for his medical school exam.Although he never had them before,Germaine starts having panic attacks during exams.In this situation,the diathesis is ________,and the stressor is ________.

A) the medical school exam;his personality
B) his personality;the medical school exam
C) the first panic attack;his course load
D) his course load;the first panic attack

How does the asking of good questions can engage critical thinking skills?