Among people who have lost a spouse, intense depression is most likely to be experienced by those who
A. had no children.
B. described their marriage as positive and vital.
C. received a substantial life insurance payment.
D. experienced sensory and auditory hallucinations.
Answer: B
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Which statement is true regarding sensory memory?
A. It holds information for only a few seconds. B. It holds information for about 15 to 30 seconds. C. It retrieves and holds information from long-term memory while you are working on it. D. It holds information permanently.
One way to relieve the pain associated with a phantom limb is to ____
a. remove more of the amputated limb b. have the amputee learn to use an artificial limb c. stimulate the relevant part of the cortex d. convince the patient that there is no neural basis for these sensations
List the three perspectives on the problem of sensory coding and provide an example of each.
What will be an ideal response?
Because two categories (or even several) are often inadequate to fully capture differences in personality, which of the following tends to be more informative than classifying persons into two or three types?
a. rating people on a list of traits b. determining their archetype c. determining the distance between their real and ideal selves. d. analyzing fixations through psychoanalytic techniques