How do stimulant medications work in treating ADHD?

What will be an ideal response?


Methylphenidate, a dopamine agonist, is used to treat ADHD. This medication increases the activity of dopamine, helping to regulate the brain of a person with ADHD. Although it seems odd that a "stimulant" would be used, it is stimulating an area of the brain that is underactive.

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What are the differences between just noticeable difference, absolute threshold, and differential threshold? Give an example of each

What will be an ideal response?

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What is the task that Piaget and Inhelder devised to demonstrate egocentrism during the preoperational stage?

a. three mountains task b. "it is about me" task c. self-centered task d. ego-stability task

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Eysenck’s two-factor theory of personality was a model involving

A) ?surface and source traits. B) ?central and secondary traits. C) ?the presence or absence of dark triad traits. D) ?introversion-extroversion and emotional stability-instability.

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