All of the following are true about electroconvulsive therapy EXCEPT ______.
A. it is sometimes used when a woman is pregnant and cannot take certain drugs
B. it lasts as long as traditional drug treatments
C. it is often used in suicidal patients because it works quickly
D. its effects on memory are temporary
Answer: B
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a. development of schizophrenia. b. probability of relapse by schizophrenic patients. c. content of delusions shown by schizophrenic patients. d. display of positive or negative symptoms by schizophrenic patients.
Karen is dangerously thin and has been admitted to the hospital because of her anorexic condition. The initial goal of treatment will be to ____
a. help her understand that she is in danger of killing herself b. safely restore weight c. begin family therapy sessions d. involve her in a group program with other anorexic girls
When doing a research paper, you break up the assignment into the steps of doing library research, taking notes, making a detailed outline, and writing the paper. This strategy uses:
a. functional fixedness c. an analogy b. transformational rules d. subgoals
Experimenter bias can best be controlled using ________
a) a placebo b) a double-blind study c) randomization d) participants who do not know the purpose of the study