The scientific method includes which of the following steps:
a. coercing participants to participate.
b. directly controlling participant responses.
c. persuading participants the hypotheses is right.
d. carrying out research to support or refute explanations.
c
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Molly hears that addiction may be due to changes in brain patterns and activity as a result of repeated drug use. When she asks her professor why this is so, he cites research which states that ____
a. what she has heard is only a myth, and has no basis in fact b. only individuals with familial alcoholism and drug addiction are likely to show these changes in brain patterns c. the chronic flooding of dopamine from drug use eventually results in compulsive drug-seeking behavior d. the research is merely correlational and no one is certain why this happens
According to Freud, personality develops through a series of psychosexual stages. During infancy, the psychosexual stage is called the __________
a) latency stage. b) oral stage. c) anal stage. d) phallic stage.
Phyllis is 28 years old. She is obese and describes herself as a "compulsive overeater." She
has a history of depression and unsuccessful attempts at weight loss. While she has repeated episodes of binge eating, she does not purge herself of the excess food afterwards. Her symptoms sound most typical of someone with ______. a. binge-eating/purging anorexia c. bulimia nervosa b. restrictive anorexia d. binge-eating disorder
_____ is the most commonly diagnosed mood disorder.
-Major depression -Dysthymia -Affect -Bipolar