Tessa is severely depressed and has not responded to antidepressant medication. She is considering less conventional treatments. Her doctor describes to her the advantages and disadvantages associated with TMS and ECT. The advantages of TMS over ECT in treating depression do NOT include that TMS:

A) has fewer side effects.
B) is more effective.
C) is noninvasive.
D) has no impact on memory.


B) is more effective.

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Keith is diagnosed with gender dysphoria. What types of psychological explanations have been proposed for gender dysphoria?

a. "You cross-dress because it allows you to experience sexual arousal." b. "As a child, you over-identified with your strong and independent father." c. "Your mother encouraged you to have male friendships when you were growing up." d. "Your parents must have discouraged your development of autonomy."

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Which of the following statements is false?

a. Surveys are an expensive method of collecting information. b. Surveys can be used to collect qualitative and quantitative data. c. Surveys can be used with both individuals and groups. d. Surveys can be self-administered or administered by a trained interviewer.

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Your friend is concerned that her son may be autistic since he avoids eye contact, doesn't

seem to reach out to anyone in empathy or friendship, and prefers to play alone. You ask your friend how old her son is since signs of autism develop by the age of a. 3 years. b. 3 months. c. 18 months. d. 7 years. e. 10 years.

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A new methodology is able to precisely detect specific activities in different areas of the brain, and do so in real time (i.e., ongoing recording of activity with no delay)

How would such a methodology provide evidence for parallel processing as an individual solves a lexical decision task? a) It would show simultaneous activation of brain areas devoted to encoding and areas devoted to search b) It would show no delay between activation of encoding areas and activation of response areas. c) It would show that areas devoted to encoding are activated before areas devoted to search. d) It would show equal activation of encoding and response areas and greater activation of search areas.

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