Addictive drugs do all of the following EXCEPT
a. cause the neurotransmitter acetylcholine to be released, resulting in intensified feelings of fear and paranoia.
b. fool brain-reward pathways creating a compulsion to repeat the drug experience.
c. stimulate a brain region called the nucleus accumbens.
d. physically change the brain's reward circuitry, making it harder for the person to overcome his or her addiction.
A
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Gamble (1972) reviewed the literature on the Holtzman and concluded that the
a. Holtzman is clearly superior to the Rorschach. b. Holtzman is clearly inferior to the Rorschach. c. Holtzman and Rorschach are about equally sound. d. data are insufficient and it should not be considered any more useful than the Rorschach.
The main improvement in the 1908 Binet-Simon scale was the introduction of
a. the concept of mental age. b. a control group. c. a performance scale. d. the IQ concept.
Following pretesting, Binet and Simon retained for inclusion in their intelligence test the items that
a. were more familiar to boys than to girls. b. discriminated smart children from dull children. c. gave an advantage to Caucasians relative to minorities. d. were so difficult that only 10 percent of children got them right.
Which of the following is NOT a valid criticism of the motive approach?
a. Decisions about what qualities to study have been arbitrary. b. The approach fails to specify types of intrapersonal functioning. c. Murray's list of motives was not complete. d. Most research within this approach has failed to look at multiple motives simultaneously.