Tracy has schizophrenia. Prior to the rapid onset of symptoms, Tracy was a first-year college student at a local liberal arts college where she was active and involved in the residence life community
Her behavior suddenly became characterized by hallucinations, delusions, talking to herself in the dining hall and classes. She has stopped bathing and does not changes her clothes. The description of Tracy's behavior suggests that she was experiencing the ___________ phase of schizophrenia.
a. residual c. chronic
b. acute d. prodromal
B
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Dr. Webb designs a research study in which neither the subjects nor the individuals who interact directly with the subjects know which is the control group and which is the experimental group in the study. Dr. Webb probably chose this type of research design in order to
a. avoid the need to obtain ethics approval for the study. b. minimize the possibility of self-report bias. c. ensure that her sample is not biased. d. reduce the impact of experimenter bias.
Which of the following represents a Full Scale IQ two standard deviations above the mean?
a. 110 b. 80 c. 120 d. 130
Wundt’s use of introspection most closely resembled that of:
a. St. Augustine. b. the British empiricists. c. Descartes. d. Helmholtzian physiologists.
Routtenberg and Lindy (1965) allowed rats access to two levers for one hour per day to either obtain ICSS or food. They found that
A. rats pressed both levers equally. B. rats pressed the ICSS lever slightly more than the food lever. C. rats pressed the food lever slightly more than the ICSS lever. D. rats pressed the ICSS almost exclusively and many starved to death.