The importance of conversion disorders in psychoanalysis is based upon:
a) Freud's discovery that patients with conversion disorders were usually victims of sexual abuse.
b) Freud, who suffered from and overcame a conversion disorder.
c) Freud's belief that more directive methods were appropriate for treating conversion disorders, paving the way for linking psychoanalysis and behaviour therapy.
d) Freud's development of many psychoanalytic concepts while treating patients with conversion disorder.
d
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In times of stress, stimulation of the pituitary gland results in the adrenal gland secreting hormones that tend to
a. decrease emotional arousal. b. mobilize the body for action. c. conserve energy. d. increase energy and inhibit tissue inflammation.
Which of the following best describes the principle of natural selection?
a. A species constantly improves as parents pass along their best traits to their offspring. b. Over time, the amino acids producing defective traits are destroyed by the body. c. Individuals with genetically influenced traits that are adaptive in a particular environment tend to survive and reproduce. d. If a trait or characteristic is no longer adaptive, then the environment will create better, more adaptive traits.
Which of these autobiographical memory research techniques was introduced by the same individual who came up with the statistical technique of correlation?
a) cue-word technique b) targeted event recall c) diary technique d) flashbulb memories
Which method for studying genetic influences fails to control for the possible effect of sharing a common
environment? A) association studies B) linkage analysis C) pedigree method D) adoption method