An individual requesting treatment at a mental health clinic keeps talking about how gangsters are "out to get him.". Before diagnosing paranoid personality disorder, we must determine whether
a. his fears are justified
b. his family life is stable.
c. he has ever attempted suicide.
d. he avoids socialization.
a
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Which of the following patterns of brain activity would indicate that a person was actively attending to something?
A. synchronized brain activity between brain areas used for the stimulus B. desynchronized brain activity between cortical and subcortical areas C. gamma waves in the occipital lobe D. PGO waves
In a classic memory study by Peterson and Peterson (1959), participants were given consonant strings to remember—such as DBX and HLM—and then instructed to count backwards from 100 by 3. After a variable amount of time (delay), the participants were asked to recall the consonant strings. Which statement accurately describes the results of the experiment?
A) There was no decrease in recall accuracy until the delay reached about 20 seconds. B) A 3-second delay decreased accuracy by almost 80%. C) A 20-second delay decreased accuracy by over 80%. D) There was no decrease in recall accuracy until the delay reached about 7 seconds.
When parents are too controlling, a child will most likely develop feelings of ______.
A. anger B. guilt C. fear D. disgust
You walk into class and find the following words on the board: mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors, and nocioreceptors. Based on these words, what will you conclude was the topic of the lecture?
a) chemical senses b) kinesthetic senses c) perceptual illusions d) cutaneous senses