Philippe Pinel advanced the treatment of the mentally ill as a result of his efforts
a. at La Salpêtrière in Paris. c. with the Quakers.
b. in Bethlehem, England. d. with William Tuke.
A
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Scapegoat theory provides an answer for one particularly irrational form of intergroup conflict: two minority groups attacking each other instead of the dominant majority group that victimizes them both.
a. True b. False
Among general cognitive skills, the largest and most consistent gender differences are in __________ skills
A) verbal B) language C) certain spatial D) all of the above
Why has the ratio method of computing IQ been replaced by the deviation method?
a. The deviation method accommodates the fact intelligence does not keep increasing at the same rate as chronological age throughout adulthood. b. The deviation method is less culturally biased than is the ratio method. c. Newer tests have made the ratio method of computing IQ obsolete, since the number of questions answered correctly is no longer an important consideration in determining a person's intelligence. d. Computers can now automatically score tests so the computation of mental age can be done much faster.
Dale's principle, a recently discounted theory about synaptic function, stated that a neuron:
A) Released multiple neurotransmitters B) Only released a single neurotransmitter C) Never responded to its own autoreceptors D) Could be either electrical or chemical at its synapses