3) The dopamine theory of schizophrenia is supported by which of the following statements:
a) Someone with schizophrenia may have reduced synthesis of dopamine
b) Drugs that relieve the positive symptoms of schizophrenia are dopamine antagonists
c) Cocaine is effective as an antipsychotic
d) The effects of antipsychotics are not seen for several weeks after treatment
CORRECT = b
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a. systematic desensitization b. use of a token economy c. aversion therapy d. observational learning
When Rolla met Roaa at a benefit dinner, he thought she was lovely and charming; he liked her very much. A few days later, when Roaa rudely demanded a refund for her dinner, Rolla most likely __________ his impression of her because __________.
A. changed; he realized how wrong he was B. changed; positive impressions are easily changed C. did not change; first impressions are difficult to change D. did not change; he is unreasonable and stubborn
Camille is crawling and she stops before crawling off an edge. This suggests:
a. that infants are prewired to avoid danger. b. that crawling infants perceive depth. c. that infants are afraid of changes in their environments. d. that differences in thresholds are surprising to infants.
One reason that the psychoanalytic perspective is no longer in the mainstream of child development is because
A) it tells us little about factors that contribute to personality development. B) its theorists were so strongly committed to the clinical approach that they failed to consider other methods. C) contemporary theorists have found that personality development does not take places in stages. D) it fails to recognize the role of the early parent–child relationship in personality development.