When conducting a therapy experiment, why can the researcher never be fully certain that the improvement of symptoms was due to his/her therapy or treatments?
A) Because of control issues
B) Because of the independent variables
C) Because of spontaneous remission
D) Because of spontaneous inhibition
C
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Audrey emphasizes the positive potential in her clients and feels it is her job to guide them in realizing this potential. Audrey is MOST likely a:
A) behaviourist. B) cognitive therapist. C) humanistic psychologist. D) psychoanalyst.
Brent is taking part in an experiment in a cognitive neuroscience lab on campus. Silently, he reads rapid sequences of words flashed on a computer screen. The electrical activity of his brain is simultaneously recorded through skull electrodes. The brain-scanning technique used in this study is ______.
a. diffusion tension imaging (DTI) b. electroencephalography (EEG) c. positron emission tomography (PET) d. functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Postpartum depression
A. occurs in about 50 percent of new mothers. B. is more common following planned pregnancies than unplanned pregnancies. C. is a purely psychological phenomenon (i.e., has no physiological basis). D. may be reduced via breast-feeding.
Adele is from France, where rabbits are eaten regularly. She can tell you the most tender part of the rabbit, how long to cook one, and how big a rabbit you would need to feed five people
Marsha is from the United States, where rabbits are pets, and bring colored eggs to children in the spring. She hasn't a clue about how to cook one, even if she wanted to. This example best illustrates a. the cultural differences in schemas. b. the universality of schemas. c. that rabbits are ambiguous stimuli. d. personality differences in the contents of schemas.