Jason is very depressed and can't help but think that life holds few rewards. He feels upset and frustrated by the fact that he just can't "shake the blues." The _____ aspect of abnormal behavior applies to Jason.
A. deviant
B. maladaptive
C. digressive
D. personally distressful
Answer: D. personally distressful
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Dr. Sheffield has found that forcing his patients to take medication has caused a problem with being able to treat them effectively. This problem is likely to be that ____
a. patients who are forced to take medication tend to become overmedicated and can't focus on therapy b. he becomes so exhausted from forcing treatment on the patients that his own personal resources become depleted and he can't focus on their therapy c. it is illegal in all cases to force treatment on anyone who is unwilling to embrace it d. patients who are forced into treatment resist it, which nullifies the potentially beneficial effects of therapy
Regarding the state of sleep in humans, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. We are totally unresponsive while asleep. b. We can perform very simple tasks while asleep. c. We cannot learn complex skills while asleep. d. We can respond to familiar sounds and words, such as our names, while asleep.
A psychologist is interested in studying the desensitization effects of media violence. He asks for and receives written permission to have seven- and eight-year-old children take part in his research
What are these children likely to experience as participants in this research? a) They will watch media violence while physiological indicators of arousal are measured. b) After watching violent scenes, they will be asked to recall details of what they observed. c) They will be asked to look at a series of cards that are ambiguous in that they may or may not illustrate violence and will give their free associations to the cards. d) While they watch televised violence, the researcher will look for any observable signs that they might have become anxious or fearful as a result of being exposed to such scenes.
In the visual system, which of the following DO NOT fire action potentials (MARK ALL THAT ARE CORRECT)
a. rods b. bipolar cells c. amacrine cells d. ganglion celss