In a recent study designed to determine the effectiveness of antidepressant medication, depressed patients were randomly assigned to take either an antidepressant medication or a placebo. Symptoms of depression were measured before and during treatment. Over the course of treatment, both groups reported decreased symptoms of depression. The investigators still concluded that antidepressants were
clinically effective because:
A) those taking the antidepressants had larger reductions in symptoms.
B) taking a larger dose of an antidepressant produced larger reductions in symptoms than did a smaller dose or placebo.
C) the benefits of taking the placebo tended to be temporary.
D) the antidepressant medication was more effective than was a placebo for patients experiencing severe symptoms of depression.
D) the antidepressant medication was more effective than was a placebo for patients experiencing severe symptoms of depression.
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a. treatments that are long term. b. treatments that are short term, because they forget to do them in their daily routine. c. treatments that do not change the patient's daily routine. d. Treatments that are relatively simple; it is assumed that they probably will not be effective.
Which statement about specific emotions and physiological reactivity is TRUE?
A) All emotions show the same basic pattern of physiological reactivity. B) Anger produces the largest decrease in finger temperature. C) Fear and disgust produce a higher galvanic skin response (sweating) than do sadness or anger. D) Anger, fear, and sadness produce a lower heart rate than does disgust.
Which of the following is related to the development of more prosocial behaviors?
a. Assigning responsibilities to children that benefit the whole family b. Assigning responsibilities to children that teach them to rely on themselves c. Showing children how to take care of their own things so that others don't need to d. All of these
Marcia's identity statuses of __________ and __________ both involve the experience of
a crisis. a. foreclosure; moratorium b. identity achieved; foreclosure c. moratorium; identity diffusion d. identity achieved; moratorium e. identity achieved; identity diffusion