Gene's personality disintegration is extreme. He is experiencing fragmented delusions and auditory hallucinations and engages in silly laughter, bizarre mannerisms, and obscene behaviors and speech. Gene's diagnosis is most likely __________ schizophrenia
a. disorganized
b. borderline
c. catatonic
d. paranoid
A
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Individuals with an internal locus of control are more likely to have:
a. low self-esteem b. high self-efficacy c. high self-confidence d. low self-efficacy
Which brain region's functions are responsible for eyeblink conditioning?
A) the amygdala B) the reticular formation C) the cerebellum D) the hypothalamus
An expert on parenting is addressing parents at the local elementary school. When the topic of punishment is discussed, what is one outcome of punishment the expert is likely to note for the parents to consider?
a) Punishment can also lead to the child acting aggressively. b) Punished children tend to do really well in school. c) Punishment motivates the child to focus on schoolwork. d) Punishment tends to increase the number of nightmares experienced.
Roseanne claims that she can remember instances of childhood sexual abuse that started at 6 months of age
Why are most psychologists likely to be skeptical of this and other such claims? A) Because decay leads to almost immediate forgetting of newly learned information B) Because infantile amnesia makes it unlikely that these are true memories from that age C) Because proponents of the realism of such claims are charging less to treat the victims of this abuse than those who are dubious of the claims D) Repression inhibits the conscious recognition of traumatic events such as childhood sexual abuse