In the 1950's, Emily had a procedure done to her in which the doctor used an instrument to cut the nerve fibers connecting her prefrontal cortex to the rest of the brain. This procedure, called _____________, left her withdrawn and unable to care for hers
a. ECT
b. deep brain surgery
c. a lobotomy
d. transcranial stimulation
C
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Charice has to do a term paper for her course in Abnormal Psychology. She is reading a book she plans to use as a source in her paper. Her roommate asks her what the book is about, and Charice tells her it is a first-hand account of a man's experience with mental disorder and subsequent treatment. "You can't believe the kind of abuse and neglect that were considered 'treatment' during that era!"
Charice exclaims. "This guy wrote this book about it and sparked a reform movement in treatment in the United States that later spread across the world." Charice is probably reading a book by a. Philippe Pinel. b. Hippocrates. c. Benjamin Rush. d. Clifford Beers.
There are five main models used to explain mental disorders. These models influence
a. the way we think about mental disorders. b. the way we assess mental disorders. c. the way we treat mental disorders. d. all of these are influenced by the five models.
Koch believes that it is more realistic to refer to the discipline of psychology as ____ rather than as ____.
a. the science of psychology; psychological studies b. psychological studies; the science of psychology c. empirical; rational d. rational; empirical
If you have learned something about your friends' personalities from their reactions to movies, paintings, what they see in cloud formations, and other ambiguous stimuli, then you are using an informal method of assessing personality that is similar to which of the following?
a. the rating scale b. situational testing c. projective tests d. personality inventories