A young man believes that ants are crawling inside his brain. Which symptom of schizophrenia does this describe?
A. Somatic delusion
B. Disorganized thinking
C. Grandiose delusion
D. Paranoid delusion
A. Somatic delusion
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You are given the topic of age and mood disorders for a term paper in abnormal psychology and instructed to write the paper in the format of a newspaper report for the general public. Which of the following titles would be the best choice?
a. "Mania Runs Wild in Older Generations" b. "Age and Mood Disorders: A Positive Correlation" c. "High Rates of Depression in the Elderly: Correcting a Myth" d. "Age Trends in Prevalence of Mood Disorders Obscured by Gender Effects"
Does social psychological research support the popular notion that "first you must love yourself, and only then you are ready to love someone else?" Why or why not?
a. Yes—because people with high self-esteem tend to have longer-lasting relationships than do people with low self-esteem. b. Yes—because people who have narcissistic personality traits tend to report greater relationship satisfaction compared with other people. c. No—because there are essentially no differences in relationship outcome measures when comparing narcissists, those with high self-esteem, and those with low or very low self-esteem. d. Not really—although extreme self-love and extreme self-hate seem to negatively impact relationship outcomes, there are no major differences in relationship outcomes between those with high self-esteem and those with low self-esteem.
For Watson, the goal of psychology is ____.?
a. ?a utopia based on operant conditioning principles b. ?the prediction and control of behavior c. ?the expansion of Pavlovian conditioning to voluntary behaviors d. ?the reduction of cognitive processes to their biological correlates e. ?a unitary scheme of animal responses
The principle of interference with specific mechanisms suggests that teratogens affect prenatal development by interfering with
a. fetal blood flow. b. the umbilical cord. c. biochemical processes that regulate the functions of cells. d. the mother's biochemical processes that are responsible for maintaining the placenta.