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One test first given to people in this profession asked subjects to identify the product sold by the mascot Velvet Joe, while similar tests developed by eugenicist Robert Yerkes are criticized for favoring upper class white men. In a test developed for people of this profession, “do you usually feel well and strong” is the first of 116 yes or no questions (15[1])chosen by Robert S. Woodworth. A condition first identified in this profession is the main disorder treated with eye (10[1])(*) movement (10[1])desensitization and reprocessing. A certain kind of “stress reaction”or “fatigue” replaced a term coined by observing emotionally disrupted men with this profession in the 1910s, who often had a “thousand-yard stare.” (10[1])For 10 points, post-traumatic stress disorder was first identified in people with what profession under the name “shell shock”? ■END■

ANSWER: soldiers [accept U.S. Army or British Army or other answers indicating men who served in the armed forces or military]
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Tony ChenToronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowlToronto Sprout6215
Michael DuWaterloo CaliToronto cDNA8110
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James Ah YongWaterloo BustToronto Pilk11310

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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%17%17%93.83
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%25%0%84.50
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2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%17%17%96.33
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