When you walk into your next class you see the term "psychotropic medications" written on the blackboard. You never know when such information might come in handy, so you look it up and find that it refers to
a. special placebo pills used in drug research.
b. chemical substances that affect our psychological state.
c. chemical substances that cause psychedelic experiences.
d. special drugs designed to "turn off" genes thought to cause mental disorders.
Answer: b.
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a. Asian-American b. Western c. European-American d. individualist
Goals sometimes conflict.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. confounded c. within subjects b. repeated measures d. between groups
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a. the variation of homicide rates in China versus the U.S. b. the role of competition between groups in increasing aggression c. the relation between murder and social class d. teaching frustrated people alternatives to aggression