A large number of patients with depression who showed no response to tricyclic antidepressants within three months switched to an SSRI drug, and many of them showed benefits within the next three months. What conclusion, if any, do these results support?
a. Switching drugs is helpful to people who don't respond to the first drug
b. In general, SSRIs are more effective than tricyclics.
c. Some people respond better to one drug, and others respond better to a different drug.
d. We can draw none of these conclusions.
d
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All port and Postman's (1947) study using a photograph of a subway car demonstrated how racial stereotypes
a. evolve over generations. b. facilitate memory accuracy and conserve cognitive energy. c. can be controlled. d. distort social perception and memory.
In an independent-measures ANOVA, individual differences contribute to the variance in the numerator and in the denominator of the F-ratio. For a repeated-measures ANOVA, what happens to the individual differences in the denominator of the F-ratio?
a. They do not exist because the same individuals participate in all treatments. b. They are measured and subtracted out in the second stage of the analysis. c. Individual differences contribute to the variance in the denominator. d. None of the other options accurately describes individual differences in the denominator.
Which of the following statements about teratogens is true?
A. During the last few months of pregnancy, teratogens have minimal impact on the fetus. B. Teratogens always result in observable birth defects, such as facial or limb deformities. C. The effects of exposure to drugs or alcohol are universal and primarily influenced by genetic factors. D. Different teratogens can cause the same birth defect, and a variety of birth defects can result from the same teratogen.