The Effects of Severe Stress Due to War Used to Be

question 224

Multiple Choice

The effects of severe stress due to war used to be called "battle fatigue" or "shell shock." The current name for this condition is

• A) posttraumatic stress disorder.
• B) opponent-process reaction.
• C) general adaptation syndrome.
• D) nervous exhaustion condition.

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Definitions:

Random Variation

The natural fluctuation in data or process outcomes, occurring without a specific, predictable cause.

Sample Proportion

The ratio of the number of times an event occurs to the total number of observations or trials in the sample.

Standard Error

Standard error measures the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population by quantifying the variability of the sample mean.

Population Proportion

The fraction or percentage of a population possessing a particular characteristic.