Helen Mayberg stumbled on a surprising and counterintuitive discovery; she found that
A. a particular part of brain is overactive in depressed people.
B. some unknown substance in childhood vaccines causes autism.
C. schizophrenia is a result of imbalance of neurotransmitters.
D. psychological disorders are mood disorders.
Answer: C
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You are a contestant on Jeopardy! and it is your turn. You say to Alex, "I'll take Ancient Explanations of Mental Illness for $100." The answer is, "His was the first recorded attempt to explain abnormal behavior as due to some biological process."
The smile on your face reveals the confidence you have as you say ______________. a) "Who is Sigmund Freud?" b) "Who is Hippocrates?" c) "Who is Carl Rogers?" d) "Who is John Watson?"
Which of the following errors was not identified by Kerr and colleagues?
a. sins of commission: Errors in how information is used b. sins of omission: Errors caused by overlooking useful information c. sins of imprecision: Reliance on methods that do not generate accurate results d. sins of indecision: Avoiding making the decision altogether
In the United States, when compared to men, women are more likely to a. enter the workforce earlier
b. spend more time in the workforce. c. spend less time planning their retirement. d. have more continuous work histories.
Karen Allen had female students attempt to solve relatively difficult math problems. Some of the participants had their dog with them while they worked on the problems, while others had a close friend with them. The researchers measured each participant's stress-related arousal. In this study, the independent variable was:
a. the difficulty of the math problems b. the amount of stress-related arousal that the participants displayed c. the length of time it took to solve the problems that were presented d. who was present while the individual worked on the problems, their dog or a close friend