Which of the follow provide(s) evidence for early, accurate understanding of the function of the human brain?
a. phrenology
b. Egyptian mummification
c. the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus and the writings of Hippocrates
d. trepanation and the writings of Aristotle
c
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What types of associations are animals most predisposed to learn? a. They associate lights and sounds with shocks and they associate tastes with illness
b. They associate lights and sounds with illness and they associate tastes with shocks. c. They associate lights and sounds with reward and they associate tastes with punishment. d. They associate lights and sounds with punishment and they associate tastes with reward.
Why is REM sleep sometimes called "paradoxical sleep"?
a. Breathing rate is steady but the muscles are twitching. b. Heart rate is steady but the muscles are twitching. c. The brain is inactive but the large muscles are active. d. The brain is active but the large muscles are relaxed.
According to the situation model of text processing,
A. people create a mental representation of what the text is about in terms of information about phrases, sentences, and paragraphs. B. people create a mental representation of what the text is about in terms of people, objects, locations, and events. C. it will take longer to understand a story that involves a complex series of situations. D. people draw inferences about what is happening in a story by considering both local and global connections.
Which of the following statements is true of psychiatrist Aaron Beck's cognitive therapy?
A) Aaron Beck believed in distancing clients from situations that arouse fear. B) Aaron Beck believed that clients may selectively perceive the world as a harmful place and ignore evidence to the contrary. C) Aaron Beck stated that people with psychological disorders are best treated in asylums. D) Aaron Beck stated that people with psychological disorders are not capable of engaging in absolutist thinking.