Fluoxetine is one of the most commonly prescribed treatments for depression. This drug acts by:
a. speeding up serotonin reuptake
b. slowing the reuptake of serotonin
c. reducing the levels of dopamine in the brain
d. increasing the levels of dopamine in the brain
B
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When Agnes hears the word "banana," she automatically thinks of concepts such as yellow, monkeys, and fruit. This phenomenon can best be explained by the concept of
a. memory consolidation. b. elaborative processing. c. the semantic network model. d. maintenance rehearsal. e. chunking.
When we compare the incidence of psychological disorders across countries and cultures, we find that
A. there is remarkable similarity in the rates of various disorders in different countries and cultures. B. all Western countries have a similar rate of common disorders, but this is not true for developing countries. C. developing countries have a much higher rate of psychological disorder than Western countries. D. there are enormous differences in the rates of various disorders in different countries and cultures.
The background noise, the perceiver's motivation, and the sharpness of the perceiver's sensory system are among the variables incorporated in __________
a. Weber's constant c. opponents process theory b. psychophysics theory d. signal-detection theory
In the United States, breast feeding _________________
a. is more common among women from low socioeconomic status groups because it is less expensive than formula b. increased in popularity as formulas came on to the market because people worried about their safety c. rates have stayed about the same since the 1940s d. rates vary among people of different ethnic backgrounds