Dr. Appel says, "Excessive alcohol consumption is when drinking interferes with social and occupational functioning.". But Dr. Baker says, "Excessive alcohol consumption is when a person's frequency and quantity of drinking is in the top 10 percent of all drinkers.". What the two doctors are disagreeing about is ____
a. the need for a control group
b. an operational definition
c. the reliability of measurement
d. the base rate
b
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b. are immune to the destructive nature of free radicals. c. have the ability to activate telomeres on the tips of chromosomes. d. replicate human cells so perfectly that they human body cannot fight them.
Which statement concerning brain structure inindividuals with schizophrenia is accurate?
a. Individuals with schizophrenia have much smallerventricles. b. Adolescents with schizophrenia have a strikingly rapid increase in gray matter. c. Individuals with schizophrenia have exceptionally strong connections between different brain areas. d. Individuals with schizophrenia have decreased volume in the cortex and other areas of the brain.
As a clinical psychologist, you are concerned with patterns of thinking and behaving that are maladaptive, disruptive, and/or uncomfortable for the person affected or for others. In other words, you are interested in ____
a. ?psychokinesis b. ?psychopathology c. ?psychodiagnosis d. ?psychoanalysis
Why are the symptoms of vascular neurocognitive disorder so different in each patient?
A. It is not known why patients with vascular neurocognitive disorder have different symptoms. B. The symptoms relate to the area of the brain damaged. C. The symptoms depend upon the person's other medical conditions. D. Patients tend to be elderly and easily confused.