If a person has a persistent belief that he has a serious illness despite medical reassurance, the disorder is called

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If a person has a persistent belief that he has a serious illness despite medical reassurance, the disorder is called

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 2 of 5

While studying for his Year 12 mathematics examination, Sven made many attempts to answer a particular problem, but he could not solve it. He decided to have a break and make himself a snack. As he was preparing his snack, Sven suddenly realised how to solve the mathematics problem. This is an example of

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 3 of 5

Bill's ability to direct the new driver to the school is an example of

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Bill's ability to guide the driver reflects latent learning (A), knowledge acquired earlier but not previously demonstrated. Fixed action pattern (B) is innate, stimulus generalisation (C) involves similar stimuli, and spontaneous recovery (D) is re-emergence of conditioned responses, none fitting here.

Question 4 of 5

In this study, the rats which had experienced nausea showed an aversion to

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 5 of 5

The term 'adaptive plasticity' refers to changes in the brain in

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

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