A major class of anxiety-reducing drugs, ________, appears to reduce the symptoms of anxiety without interfering substantially with an individual's ability to function in daily life. Their most frequent use of these drugs is as sleeping pills.
A. benzodiazepines
B. barbiturates
C. azapirones
D. beta-blockers
Answer: A
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Which treatment for depression produces benefits most quickly and which one produces the most long-lasting benefits?
a. Psychotherapy acts most quickly. Electroconvulsive therapy has the most lasting benefits. b. Electroconvulsive therapy acts most quickly. Psychotherapy has the most lasting benefits. c. Antidepressant drugs act most quickly. Electroconvulsive therapy has the most lasting benefits. d. Psychotherapy acts most quickly. Antidepressant drugs have the most lasting benefits.
According to the definitions of aggression and violence used in the text, which statement is true?
a. All aggressive acts are violent, and all violent acts are aggressive. b. All aggressive acts are violent, but not all violent acts are aggressive. c. Not all aggressive acts are violent, but all violent acts are aggressive. d. Not all aggressive acts are violent, and not all violent acts are aggressive.
According to Freud's famous theory, at the heart of every dream is a:
a. clue to the future c. hate-filled thought b. disguised wish d. shameful sexual memory
Professor Hirth takes a humanist approach to personality. She would most likely agree that the most influential aspect of human personality is our ________
a. genetic makeup. b. past learning. c. unconscious conflicts. d. capacity to shape our own futures.