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 will be an ideal response?
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
Eysenckâs 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.