Psychotropic drugs are helpful because they ____
a. reduce symptoms so those with serious mental illness can focus on therapy
b. help hospitalized patients return to their pre-illness level of functioning
c. eliminate the need for therapy because they cure the underlying illness
d. sedate individuals so that they are far easier to deal with outside hospitals
A
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a. intelligence of social media users in comparison to nonusers b. fact that even savagely negative reviews typically lead to increased sales c. ease with which a single brand can come to dominate the media and hence the market d. ability to gather consumer data that can be used to target ads
Comas are most likely to be reversible when the coma is due to
a. massive external head trauma. b. an abnormally low body temperature. c. heart failure. d. HIV/AIDS.
Regarding people with an antisocial personality disorder, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Many prison inmates have been diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder with many successful business persons, entertainers, politicians, and other seemingly normal people also having psychopathic leanings. b. Having unusual brain-wave patterns that suggest underarousal of the brain may explain why sociopaths tend to be thrill seekers. c. Antisocial personality disorders are rarely treated with success with the sociopath manipulating therapy, just like any other situation. d. Although the psychopath appears cold and selfish in their dealings with others, people with this disorder are usually tormented by guilt afterward.
A famous longitudinal study linking aggression to the viewing of television violence was conducted by
a. Eron and Huesmann. b. Brown and Steele. c. Becker and Fagan. d. Rogers and Coombs.