What is temperament?
What will be an ideal response?
Temperament is the quality of emotionality that is biologically based. It includes qualities such as activity level, irritability, soothability, emotional reactivity and sociability.
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Research on the planning fallacy indicates that we tend to ____ when making predictions about ourselves and we tend to ____ when making predictions about other people
a. be overly optimistic; be overly optimistic also b. be overly optimistic; be realistic c. be overly optimistic; be overly pessimistic d. be realistic; be overly pessimistic
Evoked potentials in the brain are most likely to be detected by a(n) ____
a. CAT scan b. MRI c. EEG d. PET scan
Dr. Smith is a proponent of ECT use. He is most likely to state that
a. enough favorable evidence exists to justify conservative use of ECT in treating severe mood disorders in patients who have not responded to medication. b. only 5% of patients relapse within 6 to 12 months. c. it works well for a wide variety of disorders. d. all of these are true.
Why is it more difficult to estimate the number of cases of bulimia nervosa in comparison to the number of cases of anorexia nervosa?
a) The weight of people with bulimia is often within the normal range. b) People who suffer from anorexia are more likely to seek treatment. c) Bulimia occurs later in life when most people are said to "be on their own." d) Cases of bulimia rarely have any medical complications that would alert physicians.