Your grandfather lost a leg in WWII. He sometimes complains of pain in his leg, even though it was amputated. Which of the following statements is NOT true concerning this situation?
a. Your grandfather is not alone; 2 out of 3 combat veteran amputees complain of the same thing.
b. This is known as phantom limb pain.
c. The pain might be from an activation of the nerves in the stump of the missing limb.
d. This pain is not real, it is imaginary.
D
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After taking a drug to get "high," Jenny notices that her auditory acuity has increased and she can clearly hear low sounds like breathing and heartbeats, as well as imaginary conversations and fully orchestrated original symphonies
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Back in her days as a "flower child" in the 1960s, Connie often had magical LSD trips with friends. With the responsibilities of a career and family, Connie's drug use ended long ago. But recently, she was surprised when her doctor suggested she take part in a research program where she would receive controlled doses of prescribed LSD. What is Connie being treated for?
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A weakness of the information-processing approach is that ________.
a. its findings are not useful in practical areas, such as education
b. it makes use of research methods that are not sufficiently rigorous to provide accurate accounts of cognitive development
c. it overemphasizes aspects of cognition that are relatively rare, such as creativity
d. it is better at analyzing thinking into its components than at putting them back together into a comprehensive theory