Kate, a longtime coffee drinker, complains of pounding headaches and lowered mood when she skips her coffee in the morning. What is the likely cause of these complaints?
A. a change in GABA
B. psychological addiction
C. removal of a psychoactive drug from diet
D. a placebo effect
Answer: C
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a. more competent she becomes in the eyes of consumers. b. less trustworthy she becomes in the eyes of consumers. c. more likeable she becomes in the eyes of consumers. d. less likely an audience member is to use to peripheral route to persuasion.
Marcy wants to study the effects of stress on mental health. She compares residents of Joplin, Missouri (a town that experienced a devastating tornado), to residents in another town of comparable size in Missouri that was not devastated by a tornado. Marcy's study is an example of a(n) experiment
a. natural b. analogue c. single-subject d. cross-sectional
Bruce has problems hearing the difference between "ba, da, and pa." What is a neurological explanation for his dyslexia?
A. His word analyzer is overanalyzing the individual letters of a word. B. He has defective neural wiring between the phoneme producer, word analyzer, and automatic detector. C. Bruce has damage in the visual cortex. D. Bruce has brain damage in the thalamus.
An auction house is about to sell a first edition of a book arguing psychology should not study consciousness, but should emphasize the study of how the unconscious memories and urges effect behavior. The book was most likely written by:
a. William James b. Abraham Maslow c. Wilhelm Wundt d. Sigmund Freud