A Similarity Between Acute Stress Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

question 32

Multiple Choice

A similarity between acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder is that both:

• A)occur six months or more after a traumatic event and tend to persist.
• B)are characterized by feelings of anxiety and helplessness that are caused by a traumatic event.
• C)occur within a month of a traumatic event and last only for a week.
• D)are characterized by loss of memory that is caused by a traumatic event.

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Definitions:

Parasitic Relationship

A biological interaction where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it harm and benefiting from the nutrients of the host.

Climax-Pattern Model

A concept in ecology that describes the final stable community in a successional series, which remains relatively unchanged until disrupted by a major environmental change.

Species Diversity

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Succession

The process by which the structure of a biological community evolves over time following a disturbance or initial colonization.