Which of the following is the last area of the brain to mature?
A. Prefrontal cortex
B. Cerebellum
C. Pituitary gland
D. Amygdala
Answer: A
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Axis IV refers to information about:
A. personality disorders B. medical problems C. psychosocial and environmental problems D. general functioning
The most common malpractice charge against psychologists occurs __________
A) when the therapist has a substance abuse problem B) as a result of marital counseling C) because of inappropriate relations with former clients D) during child custody conflicts
A study by Ford and Widiger (1989) suggests that the gender differences observed in the prevalence of many personality disorders (i.e., histrionic, dependent, antisocial) may be due to:
(a) genetic differences (b) gender specific learned behavior patterns (c) gender bias on the part of the diagnosing clinician (d) cultural scripts that dictate the type of disordered behavior appropriate for each gender
?What is meant by the phrase, “Psychology has a long past, but a short history”?
a. ?Although many negative events have characterized psychology’s past, many positive events have occurred in recent years.
b. ?People have always been interested in explaining behavior, but psychology did not become a science until relatively recently.
c. ?Psychology has been a science for hundreds of years, but only recently has the general public become interested in it.
d. ?Although psychology has existed as a science for a very long time, it is being overshadowed by more exact sciences and will not likely survive beyond the current century.