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rayancarla1

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People with hypochondriasis, like people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, have intrusive thoughts that
  cause them anxiety. The major difference is
  _
 
  A) in hypochondriasis, the thoughts are seen as inappropriate and alien, in obsessive-compulsive
  disorder the intrusive thoughts are seen as appropriate and reasonable.
  B) in hypochondriasis, the thoughts are about one disease only, in obsessive-compulsive disorder the
  thoughts are about multiple diseases.
  C) in hypochondriasis, the person knows the thoughts are coming from their own head and in obsessivecompulsive disorder, the person believes the thoughts are coming from someone else.
  D) in hypochondriasis, the thoughts are seen as appropriate and reasonable, in obsessive-compulsive
  disorder the intrusive thoughts are seen as inappropriate and alien.

Question 2

Evolutionary preparedness explains
 
  A) why phobic people are likely to maintain their avoidance behavior.
  B) why cognitive variables are so important in phobias.
  C) why some types of phobias are much more common than others.
  D) how the inflation effect works.



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C



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