Which statement is accurate?
a. It is rare for people to communicate their intention to commit suicide.
b. Suicide rates are generally at their highest during times of war.
c. In the United States, Asian Americans have the highest overall rates of suicide.
d. Most people who attempt suicide are ambivalent about dying.
D
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a. short-term memory b. sensory memory c. long-term memory d. semantic memory
Most people
a. use impression management strategy based on a desire to manipulate others. b. try to project an honest image. c. find the supplication impression management strategy most effective. d. spend a great deal of time considering which strategy to use.
Which of the following occurred in the development of the MMPI-2? a. Validity scales were removed to prevent questions on the test from becoming too confusing
b. Individuals diagnosed with specific mental illnesses were compared to individuals with no diagnosed mental illness. c. What was previously an objective test became a projective test designed to determine subjective responses. d. New scales were added to measure intelligence and creativity in addition to personality and psychopathology.
A researcher is interested in discovering if one part of the brain, the orbitofrontal cortex, connects directly to another part of the brain, the amygdala. Which of the following experimental methods would be the most appropriate for this purpose? a. Inject horseradish peroxidase into a rat's amygdala and then see if cells in the orbitofrontal cortex are stained. b. Inject a human volunteer
with a radioactive glucose and see what part of his brain is active while viewing an emotionally charged set of pictures using a PET scan. c. Look at a human brain with fMRI to see if the orbitofrontal cortex and amygdala are active at the same times. d. Stimulate the orbitofrontal cortex of a human volunteer during neurosurgery.