Childhood trauma as a cause of borderline personality disorder may be too simplistic an explanation because
a. there are too many neurological deficits that are noted in borderline personality disorder patients
b. individuals with borderline personality disorder tend to respond to SSRI medications.
c. most individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder are female.
d. a significant percentage of individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder do not have a history of childhood trauma.
d
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The nucleus basalis is a key part of the brain's system for ____
a. emotional response b. attention c. visual perception d. auditory perception
Mark is a participant in a sleep study at his university. The researchers observe that Mark enters REM sleep earlier in the night than most of their other participants and he spends a greater than normal proportion of his sleep time in REM. They explain to Mark that a. he should be evaluated at the student health center for depression
b. his sleep is within normal ranges for a young adult. c. he probably is working out too strenuously at the gym right before bedtime. d. he probably should avoid taking so many morning courses, as he is likely to be an "owl.".
At midterm, a college determines that 300 of its students are at risk for suspension this semester. Its tutoring center argues that, with a series of targeted emails encouraging students to come in for help, it can promise to certainly save 100 of those students from suspension. However, an external firm approaches the college with an offer to start a new program, with a 1/3 chance of preventing all 300 students from being suspended (and a 2/3 chance of saving none of these students). Under which circumstances is the college most likely to hire the external firm?
a. the tutoring center and the external firm emphasize the number of students to be "saved" in their presentations b. the tutoring center and the external firm emphasize the number of students who will be suspended under each of their programs c. the tutoring center emphasizes the potential number of students to be suspended, while the external firm emphasizes the potential number of students saved from suspension d. both the tutoring center and the external firm place equal emphasis on the students to be "saved" and the students who will be suspended under each approach
Researchers have discovered that during specific periods in one's life, certain abilities must develop or they will not develop later. These are known as ____________
a. developmental milestones b. imprinting c. critical periods d. maturational readiness