According to Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler, the term schizophrenia describes cases in which ________
a. the personality splits into multiple personalities.
b. the personality loses its unity.
c. people escape trauma by putting it out of their minds.
d. unspeakable torture produces a mental splitting.
Answer: b
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a. full mental retardation impediment b. functional magnetic resonance imaging c. familiar mental recording instrument d. frontal medial recovery interval
Regarding the causes of aggression, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The tendency to be violent is neither in our evolutionary legacy or in our genes. b. Humans are fully capable of learning to inhibit aggression. c. The use of alcohol and drugs is considered a direct cause of aggressive behavior. d. Physiological studies have shown that some brain areas are capable of triggering or ending aggressive behavior.
Which theorist(s) proposed the three types of genotype/environment correlations discussed in Chapter 2?
a. Scarr and McCartney b. Lorenz and Bowlby c. Baumrind d. Gesell and Piaget
People who are overly reliant on others to give them advice or make decisions for them are
suffering from ______ personality disorder. a. dependent c. schizotypal b. avoidant d. histrionic