Juanita and Emilia are Latino sisters who were both raised in a family and community that discouraged drinking among women. Juanita has been living in the U.S. for 15 years, while Emilia remained in their home country. Now, Juanita drinks alcohol much more regularly and heavily than Emilia. This is an example of which type of influence on drug use?
a. acculturation
b. genetics
c. peer pressure
d. biological
e. socioeconomic conditions
a
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You want to collect data in a clinic that works with children with behavior problems between the ages of 1-5 years. You need to collect some data. Which of these is the best approach?
a. observe the child with his or her primary caregiver b. administer the child a Minnesota Multiphase Personality Inventory-2 c. ask the child to complete a brief questionnaire listing common psychiatric symptoms d. ask the parent what diagnoses the child should be assigned
After a series of very disturbing life events, including the death of her husband in a car accident, learning that her mother has terminal cancer, and declaring bankruptcy, Isabella has suddenly lost her memories of her own identity as well as her own life experiences. This condition is called
A. dementia B. amnesia C. delirium D. somatization
Falsely identifying someone as a friend until he or she comes nearer demonstrates the idea that visual patterns often represent
a. perceptual transduction. b. duplications of sensory information. c. perceptual invariances. d. perceptual hypotheses.
Contrast the activation-synthesis hypothesis with the neurocognitive dream theory and include the names of the theorists who proposed each theory
What will be an ideal response?