Name and describe three of the technologies used in neuropsychology to study the brain
What will be an ideal response?
Computerized tomography (CT) scans can give computer-enhanced three-dimensional X-ray images of the brain.
With positron emission tomography (PET), clinicians inject radioactive markers into a person's bloodstream and
then trace them through the brain as the person engages in certain cognitive tasks. Functional magnetic resonance
imaging (fMRI) can detect changes in the rate of metabolism, or energy consumption, in smaller areas of the brain.
With fMRI, researchers can precisely identify the specific parts of the brain that become more active as people
process different types of information.
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jumping into a swimming pool and drowning a motor vehicle accident falling cardiovascular disease
In Freud's view, human nature is not always rational, and behavior may be driven by motives that are not in conscious awareness
a. true b. false
A client who scores very high on the clinical scale called “Psychopathic Deviate” on the MMPI-2 is most likely to receive a diagnosis of _____.
A. major depressive disorder B. antisocial personality disorder C. borderline personality disorder D. specific phobia
An intervention in which parents and their children who have been diagnosed with conduct disorder do behavior therapy targeting and rewarding desired behavior is called:
A) parent-interaction therapy. B) video modeling. C) parent management training. D) family-consequence sensitization.