Auditory information from each ear is represented in both _____________.
The diencephalon is the central portion of the brain located around the third ventricle, superior to ___________.
After overcoming the initial shock of having her car stolen, Marlys calls the police for help and begins to question possible witnesses. At this point, Marlys is most likely in the ________ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.
An experienced clinician can easily tell if someone truly has dissociative identity disorder or is trying to fake it.
They enforce a one-way blood flow through the heart, operate passively (no active contraction required), and separate atria from ventricles, and ventricles from the large arteries that leave them. They are called _________.
Whose study described the differences in the way that boys and girls view morality?
a. Carol Gilligan
b. Erik Erikson
c. Sigmund Freud
d. Lawrence Kholberg
What is the opponent-process theory?
Dr. Janev believes that her client's abnormal behavior is influenced not only by her clinical diagnosis but also by her low socioeconomic status. In this case, Dr. Janev would be a follower of the __________ perspective.
Patients who try to repress their fears are more likely to:
a. explain to the dental professional that they can handle the procedure.
b. experience a flush face.
c. experience a nervous cough.
d. experience syncope.
Freud believed that certain troubling symptoms could be traced to painful unconscious memories. This led him to suspect that these symptoms resulted from:
a. genetic defects.
b. an inferiority complex.
c. psychological processes.
d. an internal locus of control.
As you are reading this question, the cells in your eyes are firing in response to the light coming from this paper. Which type of neuron is carrying this message to the brain?
a. interneuron
b. sensory
c. presynaptic
d. motor
e. efferent
Elio is preparing for a presentation about Sigmund Freud. What true information should he include in his presentation?
a. Freud founded the first laboratory in the world devoted solely to psychological research.
b. Freud focused on the unconscious mind to explore his patient’s emotional issues.
c. Freud created the first intelligence test to identify students who needed extra help in school.
d. Freud believed psychology should be devoted to research, not treating people’s problems.
In Western countries, the prevalence of bulimia nervosa among adolescent girls may be as high as __________.
He proposed that most forms of psychopathology begin with traumatic losses.
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Albert Bandura
c. Aaron Beck
d. Carl Rogers
Nutritional therapy for people with anorexia nervosa aims to slowly increase body weight to achieve a BMI of at least:
a..15 kg / (m ^ 2)
b. 20 kg / (m ^ 2)
c. 25 kg / (m ^ 2)
d. 30 kg / (m ^ 2)
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