Harold has schizophrenia and his doctor has recommended that he change to a new drug that can reduce his hallucinations and delusions without the lethal risk or side effects of other similar drugs. Harold's doctor will most likely be prescribing

If a child engages in a problem behavior in a store (e.g., a tantrum) and the parent gives the child candy, the child is more likely to engage in problem behavior in the store. This is an example of:

a. automatic positive reinforcement b. social positive reinforcement c. automatic negative reinforcement d. social negative reinforcement

The purpose of the use of a placebo is to control for the __________ of research participants

a. suspicions c. fears b. expectations/beliefs d. cooperation

Levy attempted to eliminate subvocalization by requiring subjects to count while reading. Preventing subvocalizations reduced performance on a recognition memory test when the test sentences were

a. slight variations of the original sentences. c. neither a nor b. b. paraphrases of the original sentences. d. both a and b.

While discussing the functions of the brain stem, the lecturer notices that many of his students appear to have fallen asleep

This reminds him of the ________, which arouses the cerebral cortex to attend to new stimulation and keeps the brain alert even during sleep. a. pons b. medulla c. cerebellum d. reticular formation