Originally, Dr. Antonio Moniz would have agreed with which of the following statements regarding prefrontal lobotomies?
a. The technique is useful for controlling patient's aggressive, destructive behavior.
b. The risk of unexpected results questions the validity of the technique.
c. It should be considered in the case of major depression when medication has failed.
d. None of these.
A
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____________________ is based on the belief that psychology should investigate the purpose of consciousness
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In a positively skewed distribution, the mean is _____ the median and _____ the mode
a. greater than; greater than b. less than; less than c. greater than; less than d. less than; greater than
According to the social brain hypothesis, what would be an accurate prediction? a. The part of the brain that is stimulated by pleasure-enhancing drugs is equally stimulated by time spent withother people
b. Human beings were not capable of complex social behavior prior to the evolutionary development of certainbrain structures. c. Antagonistic neurotransmitter release is heightened when we are around other people and suppressed whenwe are alone. d. A species of gorillas where the members form a social community should have bigger brains than othergorillas whose members live independently of each other.
Two neighboring high schools have been feuding since the annual football game ended in a tie. The principals of the schools decide that the tension may subside if the two schools participate in joint activities, such as assemblies that would allow the students to hear a local band. The strategy is likely to be ineffective, however, because the
a. two groups have equal status. b. students at the two schools know each other too well. c. students at the two schools are unlikely to have personal contact. d. principals have established the wrong social norm.