The autonomic nervous system directly controls
a. the skeletal muscles
b. the heart, lungs, and other organs.
c. the reticular formation.
d. temperature regulation.
b
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b. intoxication. c. substance dependence. d. polysubstance abuse.
When medication and talking psychotherapy proves to be ineffective in treating Cameron's depression, doctors choose to use another approach. Cameron most likely ____
a. ?is hypnotized and given the posthypnotic suggestion to "be happy." b. ?is isolated for six hours a day without any visual, auditory, taste, smell, or touch sensations c. ?has an electrical current passed through his brain, inducing convulsions d. ?has part of his substantia nigra removed
Early efforts to teach chimpanzees language failed miserably because:
A) their vocal tracts cannot accommodate the sounds used in human language. B) shaping by approximations was not used. C) the chimpanzees were not raised by humans. D) symbolic computer tasks had yet to be developed.
It has been difficult to do double-blind, placebo-controlled studies on the effects of steroids because
A. the federal government will not allow research with controlled substances. B. they produce detectable psychological effects. C. the potency of the drugs is so variable from one sample to another. D. the researchers could face a massive lawsuit.