With respect to the hypothesis that schizophrenia is due to structural damage to the brain, it has been observed that
a. some schizophrenics have structural abnormalities in their brains
b. some persons displaying the symptoms of schizophrenia do not evidence structural abnormalities in their brains (using present-day techniques)
c. some persons with structural abnormalities in their brains that resemble those found in some schizophrenics do not evidence the symptoms of schizophrenia
d. all of the above
d
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a. clinical psychology b. neurology c. psychiatry d. occupational therapy
In Pavlov's research, the sound of a tone was a _____ for salivating.
A) stimulus B) response C) construal D) reinforcer
In a 1954 paper summarizing studies that had compared clinical and statistical prediction, Meehl observed that statistical predictions often were made on the same data from which the regression equations were developed. In other words, the efficiency of the formulas __________ because they __________,
a. was overestimated; were not cross-validated. b. was overestimated; did not fit the data. c. was underestimated; were not cross-validated. d. was underestimated; did not fit the data.
_____ is the creation of new neurons in the adult brain
A) Neurogenesis B) Neural plasticity C) Long term potentiation D) Synaptogenesis