The term used to see if a treatment does what it is supposed to do is called its
__________ .
Fill in the blanks with correct word
efficacy
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Which psychologist described the state of attention overload and believed that city dwellers learn to prevent it by engaging only in brief, superficial social contacts, by ignoring nonessential events, and by fending off others with cold and unfriendly expressions?
a. B. F. Skinner b. Stanley Milgram c. John Calhoun d. Garrett Hardin
____ created phrenology, which proposed that the topography of a person's skull revealed his or her intellectual and emotional characteristics.?
a. ?Flourens b. ?Gall c. ?Spurzheim d. ?Broca e. ?Hall
While watching the evening news, LaTanya sees the suffering of a community that was hit by a tornado and feels the fear and anguish these people must be feeling. She immediately calls the pastor of her church to ask if she can organize a relief program to collect money and supplies to send to this community. LaTanya was motivated to help when she felt this community's pain, a condition known as
a. empathic arousal. b. a diffusion of responsibility. c. cognitive dissonance. d. social comparison.
Taking PCP (commonly known as "angel dust") can cause effects that mimic the symptoms of schizophrenia. Researchers believe that this is because both schizophrenia and PCP act on the neurotransmitter __________
a. GABA b. cytocin c. dopamine d. glutamate