Wegener et al. (1995) found that happy participants used the central route to persuasion when presented with a proattitudinal message, but used the peripheral route to persuasion when presented with a counter-attitudinal message. This finding suggests that
a. positive mood disrupts the ability to process persuasive information.
b. people in a positive mood rely on superficial processing strategies.
c. positive mood affects different people in different ways.
d. happy people avoid processing only if it threatens to spoil their mood.
d
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The goal of researchers studying psychopathology is _______
a) To better understand the nature and development of mental disorders. b) to develop theories and treatments initially proposed by Dr. Sigmund Freud. c) The development of asylums. d) to examine theories derived from animal laboratories.
________ are researchers who specialize in studying the patterns of aging and the elderly.
a. Gerontologists b. Pedologist c. Gynecologist d. Pediatrician
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Neurotransmission, or communication among neurons, is analogous to you sending a toy boat across a river to your friend on the other side 2. Neurotransmission between two neurons physically changes the synapse, or space between these neurons 3. Eric Kandel won the Nobel Prize by demonstrating long-term memory in the Aplysia, a one-celled organism 4. Kandel's work with Aplysia demonstrated that short-term memory involves the growth of new synaptic connections among neurons 5. Kandel's work with Aplysia demonstrated that short-term memory involves enhanced neurotransmitter release
Psychiatrists differ from psychologists because psychiatrists
a. are physicians with a specialization in abnormal behavior and psychotherapy. b. are extensively trained in the theories and techniques of Sigmund Freud. c. are generally more eclectic than psychologists. d. have a master's or Ph.D. degree with special training in psychological theory and research methods.