The rationale for shocking the brains of mental patients to produce a seizure was that __________.
A. psychiatric patients show abnormal electrical activity of the cortex
B. painful shock made the patients more manageable
C. the occurrence of a brain seizure appeared to reduce symptoms in psychiatric patients
D. large doses of insulin had been shown to normalize brain activity
Answer: C
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a. electrochemical b. behavioral c. hormonal d. structural
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a. a drive for food but not a need for food. b. a need for food but not a drive for food. c. both a drive and a need for food. d. neither a need nor a drive for food.
The old advertisement for the U.S. Army that encouraged us to "Be all that you can be" by joining the armed forces illustrates which of the following psychological concepts?
a. repression c. self-efficacy expectation b. regression d. self-actualization
Newer research suggests that preoperational children can occasionally ignore their intuitive
perceptions of conservation or class inclusion tasks and provide correct, rather logical responses to these tasks. Under what conditions is the most likely to occur? A) If the child happens to be intelligent. B) When adults tell them the correct response before the task is administered. C) If the child has attended day care. D) If the task is made simpler, more familiar, or the child is allowed practice sessions.