All of the following statements are accurate about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) EXCEPT

a. relief of symptoms can occur within a week or two with ECT

b. ECT treatment should be followed up with medication or psychotherapy.
c. short-term memory loss is a side effect of treatment with medication.
d. depressed patients with psychotic symptoms should be treated with medication, not ECT.


d

Psychology

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a. acceptance. b. acquisition. c. imitation. d. consequence.

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a. warm fibers begin to fire and we register the sensation of warm b. cool fibers begin to fire and we register the sensation of cool c. both warm and cool fibers begin to fire and we register the sensation of pain d. neither warm nor cool fibers begin to fire and we register only pressure

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Abraham Maslow was a:

a. behavioral psychologist b. cognitive psychologist c. humanistic psychologist d. gestalt psychologist

Psychology

While relaxing in the park, Dilbert decides to read his new book on the study of positive psychology. This book will primarily focus on

A. correlations in which an increase in one factor leads to an increase in another. B. what makes life worth living. C. an individual's strengths, while ignoring any weaknesses. D. what causes people to be similar to one another.

Psychology