The major current medical use for cocaine is as a(n) __________

Melissa begins giggling when discussing a recent car accident in which her brother was killed, and she cries when telling a joke she heard on television. What term do we for this behavior?

a. anhedonia b. catatonia c. delusional thinking d. inappropriate affect

A team of investigators has found that persons suffering from depersonalization/derealization disorder show significant differences in _________ when different personalities are present.

a. metabolism b. PET scan activity c. brain wave activity d. hormone release

When Carlos moved to the U.S., he did not understand any English. Phrases like "Anna Mary Can Pi And I Scream Class Hick" didn't make any sense to him. Now that Carlos has been learning English, he recognizes this phrase as "An American Pie and Ice Cream Classic." This example illustrates that Carlos was not capable of ____ in English

a. speech segmentation b. the likelihood principle c. bottom-up processing d. algorithms

Christina, who is working on her research design for her senior thesis in her development class, announces she wants to do a true experiment to explore alcoholism and Alzheimer's. What do you say to her, and why?

A. True experiments are very difficult to do in development because it is impossible to have a control group. B. True experiments are very difficult to do in development because they are time-intensive. C. True experiments are very difficult to do in development because you cannot have truly random group assignments. D. True experiments are very difficult to do in development because they are so hard to analyze.