Piano lessons were employed to increase academic performance in several school districts
Wisconsin.
What academic increases in performance resulted from the piano lessons? What
behaviorally changes resulted from the piano lessons? According to Dr. Bart of the University of
Minnesota, some of these increases could be accomplished through other skills. What are these?
What will be an ideal response?
The increases in academic performance were that scores increased 46% on spatial reasoning
tasks. The behavioral changes were increases in self confidence, self correcting and attention to task.
Dr. Bart states that two other spatial tasks, chess and origami, might have the same results.
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Amelie has delusional disorder. She believes that Zac Efron, a famous actor, secretly loves her, and that he sends her "messages" through any interactions he has in media interviews. She and Zac Efron have never actually spoken. Amelie has
a. erotomanic delusions. b. jealous delusions. c. somatic delusions. d. all of these types of delusions.
Describe the subtype of dissociative amnesia referred to a dissociative fugue.
What will be an ideal response?
Jamal has been playing basketball. Immediately after the game his coach makes some critical comments to Jamal about his playing. Jamal, still aroused from the game, becomes offended more easily than usual. This phenomenon is called
A. generalized arousal. B. frustration-aggression reaction. C. arousal-aggression release. D. excitation transfer.
____ is a tool used in psychology and psychiatry in which an individual answers questions about his/her behaviors,_thoughts, and feelings; it is then scored using a highly standardized procedure, thereby yielding dimensions of the individual's personality.
a) The Thematic Apperception Test
b) The Rorschach
c) An inventory
d) The rating scale approach