Which statement regarding autistic disorders and schizophrenia is true?
a) Autistic disorder begins early in the life of the child while childhood schizophrenia does not occur until age 7. Still, childhood schizophrenia includes hallucinations and delusions.
b) Autism is a spectrum disorder occurring early in life while schizophrenia is rarely observed before age 12.
c) Research indicates a strong genetic link between schizophrenia and autism.
d) Newer psychotropic medications have a positive correlation with autism but not schizophrenia.
a
You might also like to view...
The number of years a person can expect to live is his or her _____
a. maximum life expectancy b. average life expectancy c. useful life expectancy d. longevity
Pavlov’s dogs learned that the sound of a researcher’s footsteps meant that the dogs would soon be given meat powder. What used to be a neutral stimulus (the sound of researchers footsteps) then caused the dogs to salivate. Salivating at the sound of a person’s footsteps is an example of _____.
a. unconditioned stimulus (US) b. unconditioned response (UR) c. conditioned stimulus (CS) d. conditioned response (CR)
Regarding aspects of cognition, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Animals other than humans can engage in complex forms of reflective processing. b. Planning allows us to try out various options and avoid making many mistakes. c. Planning requires reflective processing. d. Daydreaming would be an example of experiential processing.
Suppressive HSV therapy with antiviral drugs ____
a. does nothing to prevent symptoms from recurring b. prolongs the duration of an outbreak c. reduces the risk for infecting sexual partners with genital HSV-2 d. will not prevent itching or scarring