Tammy caught her thumb in the door. Why did her friend tell her to rub and scratch the thumb?
a. She wanted to distract Tammy from the pain.
b. Based on the gate theory, this can prevent the pain message from reaching the brain.
c. This would promote the release of endorphins.
d. Based on the stimulation theory, this would relieve the pain.
B
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The 1970s experiment in which behavioral (or social learning) principles were applied to a traditional inpatient environment in the form of a token economy resulted in a. more patients able to be discharged
b. fewer patients able to be discharged. c. more patients recovering from schizophrenia. d. fewer patients recovering from schizophrenia.
The police officers trained in crisis intervention A. reported feeling better prepared for their encounters with individuals with mental illnesses
B. found that they felt more prepared to arrest individuals with mental illnesses than they had previously. C. were no longer surprised when victims developed the Stockholm Syndrome. D. were no longer concerned with the prevalence of police brutality.
All of the following are accurate statements about similarities between music and language except
a. by 10 to 12 months, infants discriminate between features that belong in their own culture's music and features that do not belong, much as they become specialized at detecting phonemic distinctions that are made in the language spoken around them b. researchers studying music perception use many of the same procedures as researchers studying language acquisition, including conditioned headturning c. infants prefer listening to infant-directed speech but tend to dislike infant-directed music d. infants perceive the emotional meaning communicated nonverbally when parents speak, much as they perceive the emotional meaning communicated nonverbally when parents sing a lullaby or engage them with a more playful song
A neuron is also called a:
a. glial cell. b. precursor cell. c. nerve cell. d. neurotransmitter.