A young woman is a participant in a study of emotion. She was connected to an EEG, which shows the activity of the left and right hemispheres separately. If the EEG reveals a high level of activation in the right hemisphere,
which of the following is most likely to have occurred?
a) She just read a very funny cartoon.
b) The clock on the wall started ticking a bit louder than before.
c) She was just given a jar of a foul smelling substance to smell.
d) The researcher said her participation in the study is just about over.
C
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Studies of the concordance rates for depressive disorder and bipolar mood disorder in monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins suggest
a. a larger role of genetic factors in bipolar mood disorder. b. a larger role of genetic factors in depressive disorder. c. similar concordance rates for bipolar mood disorder in MZ and DZ twins. d. similar concordance rates for depressive disorder in MZ and DZ twins.
What did Freud mean by displacement?
a. Trying to argue that your actions were justified b. Returning to the behavior of an earlier stage in life c. Diverting a behavior toward a less threatening target d. Going to the opposite extreme to cover up an undesirable quality
Colton is completing a long personality inventory, and he doesn't really want to take the time to read each of the questions in detail. Instead, he simply disagrees with all the statements. Colton's method of completing the personality inventory shows
a. a social desirability bias. b. the use of deliberate deception. c. a response set. d. a self-monitoring bias.
When the term "magical" is used to refer to OCD-related compulsive acts, it means
a. the person with OCD believes he/she is possessed b. compulsive behaviors sometimes result in unexplainable physical phenomena. c. the compulsions have no logical relation to the obsessions. d. many magicians have been diagnosed with OCD.