Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision gives a classification of recognised mental health disorders in the form of DSM-IV codes.

The fear of clowns is described as a specific phobia with a code of 300.29.

A specific phobia is a fear that lacks a reason or rational against an exposure to a certain object or situation.

Such specific phobias can leads to a disability in normal life as people suffering from such phobias tend to avoid situations where they may encounter such phobias.

The fear of clowns is known as Coulrophobia which is a type of specific phobia when it interferes with the normal functioning and is persistent.

Since Francis becomes anxious upon seeing a clown since he was 6 years old and the fear persists and he avoids going to places where he sees clowns, he has specific phobia against clowns.

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3 years ago

What is the relationship between temperature and altitude in the troposphere?

Nataly_w [17]

<span>As altitude increases, temperature decreases. As altitude increases, temperature increases. As altitude increases, temperatures remain the same. As altitude increases, temperatures vary.</span>

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4 years ago

What do is the purpose of interphase in the eukaryotic cell cycle?

agasfer [191]

<h2>Answer:</h2>

A cell prepares itself for division during interphase.

<h3>Explanation:</h3>

During a cell cycle cell divides into daughter cells. A cell has two phases:

Mitosis.
Interphase.

Mitosis is the phase of division.

Interphase is the time during which cell prepares it self for division like making copies of DNA.

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3 years ago