________ is classified as a ________ and was one of the first psychoactive substances used by humans
a. Nicotine; depressant
b. Barbiturate; stimulant
c. Morphine; antipsychotic
d. Heroin; stimulant
e. Alcohol; depressant
e. Alcohol; depressant
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Your textbook discusses a study by Powlishta on gender prejudice in children. When children watched videotapes of a child interacting with an adult,
a. both boys and girls liked the boy targets better. b. both boys and girls liked boy targets better when they were engaged in "masculine" activities and girl targets better in "feminine" activities. c. girls liked girl targets better, whereas boys liked boy targets better. d. surprisingly, girls liked boy targets better, whereas boys liked girl targets better.
May criminal defendants be forced to take medication that will make them competent to stand trial if doing so will likely result in their execution?
a. No. That would clearly violate their constitutional rights b. Yes. If medication is likely to improve the defendant's mental condition, both the state and the defendant should be entitled to have the case tried. c. No. Such actions would not be in the best interests of the defendant. d. Perhaps. In 2003 the Supreme Court put strict limits on involuntarily medicating mentally ill defendants to make them competent to stand trial.
The goal in functionalism is to:
a. understand the purpose of immediate conscious experience b. understand immediate conscious experience by breaking it down into basic elements c. discover how changes in the environment can lead to changes in measurable behavior d. understand how memories and mental processes produce problem behavior
How does cocaine affect norepinephrine and dopamine synaptic transmission?
A) It stimulates release of these neurotransmitters. B) It blocks the actions of these neurotransmitters. C) It blocks the reuptake of these neurotransmitters. D) It increases the production of these neurotransmitters.