The pediatrician tells Danny’s mother that his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is due to underactivity of specific neurotransmitters in his brain. Which approach to psychological disorders does this exemplify??
a. ?psychological
b. ?historical
c. ?biological
d. ?supernatural
ANSWER:
c
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A. early childhood B. late adolescence C. early adolescence D. adulthood
Jeremy is an Asian American. Kevin is a White American. They are high school classmates and members of the basketball team. On one of the many standardized tests they have taken, Kevin received a higher score on explicit measures of self-esteem, but on implicit measures of self-esteem, their scores were virtually identical. What is a likely reason?
a. ?In collectivistic cultures, modesty may override outward expressions of self-esteem. b. ?Persons of Asian heritage tend to have lower self-esteem. c. ?In individualistic cultures, modesty may override outward expressions of self-esteem. d. ?Persons of European ancestry tend to have higher self-esteem.
By far, the most psychologically and socially difficult of the life cycle changes is ____
a. adolescence c. early childhood b. middle childhood d. adulthood
The division of the nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord is the ______ system
a. peripheral nervous b. endocrine c. central nervous d. primary nervous