When Emilia reached her mid-20s, she began to experience disturbing hallucinations and delusions. Which type of therapy would best help her control these episodes?
A. Psychosurgery
B. Antipsychotic drugs
C. Trephination
D. Electroconvulsive therapy
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
Genetic studies of schizophrenia have found that ____
a. there are probably several possible genes that increase a person's risk for schizophrenia b. a single gene on the X chromosome accounts for most cases of schizophrenia c. schizophrenia has about the same heritability as Huntington's disease d. dizygotic twins are more concordant for schizophrenia than monozygotic twins
When 3-year-old Eric is shown a candy box and asked what is inside, he will probably answer, "Candy." When he is shown that there are actually pencils inside, Eric will probably
not be surprised that there are pencils inside. predict that other children would expect to find candy inside. say that he thought there would be candy inside. say that he thought there would be pencils inside.
According to the article Oh Rats!incorporating the study of Kim et al. on prenatal alcohol exposure, the
dependent variable in the rat study was (a) the number of complete circles the rat made in moving around the maze (b) the latency to find the platform (c) the number of rats which were swimming in the maze (d) the number of times that each rat was put in the maze to search
Kyla wants to make sure that her dog Axel does not beg for food from the table. Every time that Axel begs, Kyla says, "No," in a sharp, scolding voice and she never gives in. Kyla is using ________
a. positive punishment b. negative reinforcement c. stimulus generalization d. negative punishment