The fact that many people with phobias who are being treated by placebo show improvement suggests:
A. the real drugs are not effective
B. that expectations and beliefs play a role in reducing fear
C. they were misdiagnosed
D. phobias are not real mental disorders
Answer: B
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The gene for nerve deterioration X (NDX) disorder is located on the X chromosome. What can we conclude?
a. It is more prevalent in females. b. It is more prevalent in males. c. Only mothers can pass down the gene for NDX. d. Only fathers can pass down the gene for NDX.
Emotion regulation changes due to aging might be associated with loss of neurons in the
A. medial prefrontal areas that participate in the default mode network (DMN). B. amygdala. C. anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). D. lateral prefrontal areas of the cortex.
One of the disorders discussed in Chapter 15 is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Define obsessions and compulsions. According to your textbook, what brain abnormality may be associated with OCD?
Because OCD appears to involve a biological abnormality, is a biological treatment most appropriate? Support your answer with information from the PET-scan studies of people taking Prozac or receiving cognitive-behavior therapy with no medication. What will be an ideal response?
Group decision making involves the ________
a) process involved in selecting one of several different social decision schemes on which to base resulting group decisions b) process involved in determining which possible decision is supported by a majority of the group's members c) processes involved with convincing a majority of the group's members to pursue the same course of action d) processes involved with combining and integrating available information in order to choose one of several different courses of action