Read the Paragraph Below and Answer the Questions That Follow

question 12

Multiple Choice

Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow.
(1) Ambivalence can be defined as a feeling or attitude that is both positive and negative at the same time. (2) For instance, a young woman might feel ambivalent about motherhood. (3) She may want to have a child yet fear that motherhood will use up energy she would like to spend on her career. (4) Or a Michigan man who is offered a slightly higher salary in Arizona might be ambivalent about moving. (5) He and his family don't want to leave their friends, their schools, and a city they love. (6) On the other hand, they are tempted by a larger income and by Arizona's warm climate and clean air. (7) Finally, two people may have ambivalent feelings about each other, loving and disliking each other at the same time. (8) It hurts to be together, and it hurts to be apart; neither situation makes them happy. (9) As these examples show, the double tug of ambivalence can complicate decision making.
Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.

• A) Sentence 1
• B) Sentence 2
• C) Sentence 3

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Definitions:

Factitious Disorder

A mental disorder in which an individual deliberately produces, feigns, or exaggerates symptoms of illness in themselves or others for any form of internal rewards, such as attention or sympathy.

Stress Disorder

A type of mental disorder characterized by difficulty in coping with or recovering from a traumatic or highly stressful event, often resulting in significant distress or impairment.

Psychotic Disorder

A mental health condition characterized by a disconnection from reality, which might involve hallucinations, delusions, and impaired thinking.

Conversion Disorder

A mental health condition where a person experiences neurological symptoms, such as numbness, blindness, or paralysis, without a physical cause.