The assessment of _____ focuses on present mental state
a. insanity
b. competency to stand trial
c. both of the above
d. neither of the above
B
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Suppose that you talk to a young mother who tells you that she believes her daughter Sarah is feminine because everyone praises her for feminine actions and because she imitates the women she sees on TV. This mother's explanation is most like the __________ theory
a. psychoanalytic b. social learning c. cognitive developmental d. social constructionist
What is one factor in prenatal development that has been found to be related to increased incidences of schizophrenia later in life?
A. excess sex hormones during the third trimester B. prenatal exposure to Toxoplasma gondii C. lack of exercise by the mother early in pregnancy D. episodes of maternal depression
The two most important symptoms of substance dependence are
a. tolerance and failing to attend important occasions due substance use. b. withdrawal and substance abuse. c. tolerance and withdrawal. d. intolerance of most anything and withdrawal. e. the development of narcoleptic spells and an increase in night terror episodes.
In late adulthood, the brain shrinks and total brain mass declines, so that by age 80 years, most people have lost what percent of their peak brain mass?
a. 5–10% b. 15–25% c. 25–45% d. 45–60%