When a psychologist draws and utilizes aspects from many
different psychological theories and approaches, we say that the psychologist is
a. psychoanalytic-behavioral.
b. a functionalist.
c. a structuralist.
d. eclectic.
ANSWER: d
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a. narcotics b. amphetamines c. hallucinogens d. benzodiazepines
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A. sympathetic; acetylcholine B. parasympathetic; acetylcholine C. sympathetic; norepinephrine D. parasympathetic; norepinephrine