The brain finds out about the degree of stretch of the stomach from ____
a. visual feedback
b. the hormone angiotensin
c. sensory receptors on the skin of the abdomen
d. activity of the vagus nerve
d
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People who have been diagnosed as having schizophrenia and who exhibit poverty of
speech, flattened affect, a lack of ability to experience pleasure, and a lack of initiative a. have been misdiagnosed. b. are said to have negative symptoms of schizophrenia. c. will often have delusions of power. d. are said to have positive symptoms of schizophrenia. e. have damage to the serotonin-producing regions of their brain.
Eysenck's basic personality dimension that describes whether someone would be seen as poised, calm, and composed, or as anxious, nervous, and excitable is ______
a. introversion-extraversion c. neuroticism b. emotional stability d. psychoticism
Regarding smiling, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. A baby's first smile soon after birth is haphazard and does not necessarily occur when people are present. b. The social smile does not appear until around 16 to 24 months of age. c. The social smile is elicited by social stimuli, such as seeing a parent's face. d. Babies can use the social smile to communicate interest in an object.
While the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS-III) is able to distinguish between neurologically normal individuals and those with brain damage resulting in memory impairment, critics say the WMS-III does not do a good job of
a) distinguishing among a variety of diseases b) distinguishing cognitive impairments from behavioural impairments c) determining the degree of severity of the impairment d) distinguishing right hemisphere lesions from left hemisphere lesions