A surgeon is probing an area of association cortex in your brain with a stimulation probe. Which of the following would you most likely experience?
a. A sense of being gently touched
b. Swirls of color
c. A bright flash of light
d. Nothing at all
Answer: d
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Cognitive-behavioral and traditional procedures differ in that
a. cognitive-behavioral procedures are more direct and remain closer to observable behaviors. b. traditional procedures have fewer inferential assumptions. c. traditional procedures measure the overt manifestations of psychological disorders. d. cognitive-behavioral procedures tend to be based on the medical model.
Which of the following is true of a middle-aged individual losing a job?
a. It is less stressful than a young adult losing a job because the middle-aged person is close to retirement anyway. b. It is not as stressful as for a young adult because the middle-aged person can get health insurance and other benefits from working spouses and family members. c. It is highly stressful because middle-aged people tend to have more financial responsibilities than other age groups. d. It is less stressful than for younger people because they won't have trouble getting a job with all the experience the middle-aged person has.
A health magazine recently reported a study in which researchers claimed that iron supplements increased memory and problem-solving abilities in a random sample of college women. All of the women took memory and problem-solving tests at the beginning of the study, then took iron supplements, and then took the same tests again at the end of the study. What is wrong with this design? What confounds
could be leading to the results of improved memory and problem-solving skills? What will be an ideal response?
Evidence-based practice has also been referred to as _____.
A. empirically researched interventions B. empirically supported treatments C. dialectical behavior therapy D. exposure plus response prevention