Which phrase best captures how well mental health professionals do in predicting the occurrence of
dangerous acts?
A) poorly, especially with people who are actively schizophrenic or delusional
B) rather well, as long as the patient provides honest information
C) exceedingly well, especially if the person has a diagnosed mental condition
D) not as well as we would like
D
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a. Panic disorder b. Schizophrenia c. Major depression d. Substance abuse
A jury is convinced by a woman's lawyer that when she killed her husband, she did not understand what she was doing was legally or morally wrong because she suffered from a "mental disease.". The lawyer has made a convincing argument she was:
a. dysfunctional b. deviant c. insane d. incompetent
Declarative memories are to _________ memories as procedural memories are to _________ memories
a) implicit; explicit b) explicit; implicit c) general knowledge d) personal facts; general knowledge
The Asch line studies were conducted over fifty years ago, and society has changed quite a bit. A recent study involving fMRI and the line judgment task attempted to replicate some of Asch's results. What were the results of this study?
a. People today are more susceptible to conformity than people fifty years ago. b. People today are less susceptible to conformity than people fifty years ago. c. Results suggested that people no longer conform. d. Results were very similar to those of Asch's original studies.