Regarding the culture-bound syndromes, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Victims believe that advanced cases of koro can cause death.
b. Culture-bound syndromes that involve a fear of shrinking genitals has been reported in South and East Asia and in West Africa.
c. Susto can result in a voodoo death, in which the person is literally scared to death.
d. Men in Malaysia, Laos, the Philippines, and Polynesia who believe they have been insulted develop the condition known as hikikomori.
d
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a. ?cognitive inconsistency b. ?an unchanged attitude c. ?the fundamental attribution error d. ?the self-serving bias
Which statement is true regarding how anticonvulsant drugs work?
A. They directly inactivate motor neurons. B. They facilitate acetylcholine receptor sites. C. They increase the effectiveness of inhibitory synapses in the brain. D. They block the activity of GABA sites in the brain.
If Roland, a gay male, followed the developmental pattern of many same-sex attraction men and women, all of the following are true EXCEPT
A. he was not aware of his same-sex attraction until late adolescence. B. he never had any sexual interest in females. C. he recognized that he was gay in early adulthood. D. he did not engage in heterosexual dating.
The variety of sounds children can make increases from about 18 months to 8 or 9 years of age and include all of the following except:
A. 2-year-olds can produce between 40 and 60 consonants. B. preschool and early school-age children often drop the unstressed syllables of words. C. they repeat consonants. D. they oversimplify complex consonants.