Sara notices a lump on her side. She goes to her physician ...

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Sara notices a lump on her side. She goes to her physician because she is worried that it is cancer. The
  physician sends her for a biopsy.
 
  During the three weeks between first noticing the lump and getting her
  results that it is not cancer, Sara was almost unable to function. She felt constant anxiety and thought
  constantly about having cancer. After she found out that she did not have cancer, Sara felt much better.
  Sara
  _
  A) has hypochondriasis. B) has somatization disorder.
  C) has conversion disorder. D) has no mental disorder.

Question 2

Wendy went swimming in the ocean last week and became mildly fearful when she swallowed a lot of
  water and felt as though she would drown. Just yesterday someone told her that a shark was seen in the
  water at the same time she was swimming.
 
  Now she is petrified of going into the ocean. This best
  illustrates
 
  A) the inability of the phobic person to direct their attention away from a feared object.
  B) the inflation effect.
  C) the observational learning explanation for phobias.
  D) classically conditioned generalization based on direct experience.

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B