Fernando's parents are very worried about him. In the last month,
he has withdrawn from contact with friends and lost interest in any outside activities. There has been a breakdown of his hygiene and personal habits, and he has not been going to his college classes or his part-time job. His brother who went to see him said that his thinking and speech was "jumbled" and his emotions ranged from blunted to totally inappropriate, and subsequently, insisted that Fernando go with him to a psychologist, who will most likely diagnose Fernando with
a. a conversion disorder.
b. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
c. multiple personalities.
d. schizophrenia.
ANSWER: d
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A. figure and ground B. image and background C. primary stimulus and secondary stimuli D. images and ground
Maria is trying to recall the names of all 48 of the contiguous United States. She begins by naming the New England states, followed by the mid-Atlantic states, the states in the Southeast, the Midwest, the Southwest, and finally the states in the Pacific Northwest. Maria's pattern of recall illustrates the concept of
a. the primacy effect. b. levels-of-processing. c. the serial-position effect. d. clustering.
_______ refers to extended verbal expression in speech or writing.
Narrative Discourse Embellishing Characterization
Which neurotransmitter is released in the reward pathways in the brain in response to ingestion of several psychotropic drugs?
A. dopamine B. GABA C. norepinephrine D. acetylcholine