What is the type of brain imaging technique that uses a computer-guided X-ray to take three-dimensional representations of the brain and other organs called?
a. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
b. Positron emission tomography (PET)
c. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
d. Computerized axial tomography (CAT)
d. Computerized axial tomography (CAT)
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Three-year-old Tristan finds a dead fish on the beach. Although he says that the fish is dead, he asks, "When is the fish going to get up and swim?" Tristan is having trouble understanding the death concept of
A) permanence. B) inevitability. C) cessation. D) applicability.
Which of the following terms is correctly matched with its description?
A. Retroactive interference-Information learned earlier disrupting the recall of newer material B. Proactive interference-Lack of insufficient retrieval cues to rekindle information in memory C. Decay-The loss of information in memory through its nonuse D. Cue-dependent forgetting-Failure to recall information learned earlier because of later exposure to different material
David Rosenhan (1973) sent eight normal people to various psychiatric hospitals. All eight complained of hearing voices that said "empty," "hollow," and "thud." After being admitted to one of the hospitals, each person acted normally, yet all were diagnosed as schizophrenic. One of the conclusions from this study is that:
A) clinicians are unable to detect "real" schizophrenia. B) the expectations produced by labeling can alter perception. C) hospitals can produce schizophrenic behavior in normal people. D) auditory hallucinations are sufficient for diagnosis as schizophrenic.
The anxiety that comes from an awareness that one's behavior may confirm other people's stereotypes is referred to as
a. ethnocentrism b. relative deprivation c. stereotype threat d. group-based fear