Identify the history of abnormal psychology from the Renaissance to the modern era
What will be an ideal response?
Student responses should include
- during the end of the Middle Ages and beginning of the Renaissance, natural and scientific approaches to health and human behavior reemerged
- asylums were built for those with mental disorder, but generally provided poor care and treatment
- the Reform Movement introduced significant changes to treating mental disorder and led to modern approach, which includes accepting those with mental disorder as individuals needing treatment and applying biomedical and psychological methods
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. The age at which children of all sexual orientations report first awareness of sexual attractions is:
a. 12. b. there is no single age at which awareness is reported. c. 9. d. 8 for boys, 10 for girls.
Malcolm is a 45-year-old man and Flora is a 45-year-old woman. Which statement is the most likely to be true?
A) Malcolm is less active than Flora. B) Flora is experiencing a more rapid age-related decline in muscle mass than Malcolm. C) Flora, but not Malcolm, is experiencing an increase in body fat and loss of lean body mass. D) Malcolm, but not Flora, would benefit from weight-bearing exercise.
While ice skating, Ronnie attempted to skate backwards twice and fell each time. Given these failed attempts, Thorndike's law of effect predicts that he will
A. continue to try skating backwards again and again. B. be less likely to try skating backwards again. C. no longer enjoy skating and stop altogether. D. will enjoy skating even more now than before.
During REM sleep, there is increased cerebral blood flow to the __________ and decreased cerebral blood flow to the __________.
A. extrastriate cortex; striate and prefrontal cortices B. striate and prefrontal cortices; extrastriate cortex C. striate and extrastriate cortices; prefrontal cortex D. prefrontal cortex; striate and extrastriate cortices