Antidepressant drugs increase the availability of serotonin, dopamine, or other neurotransmitters in the synapses. Why is it nevertheless unlikely that this effect fully explains the benefits of the drugs?
What will be an ideal response?
Antidepressant drugs produce their effects on the neurotransmitters within an hour or so, but in most cases they show no behavioral benefits until someone has taken the drugs for two to three weeks. Evidently the benefits depend on something that develops more gradually, such as the birth of new neurons in the hippocampus.
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One of the biggest problems in conducting psychic research is:
A. getting subjects who are willing to participate B. getting college students to believe in ESP C. the inability to repeat positive results D. that researchers randomize the procedure for choosing images
Lisa and Jenny are both 14 years old. Lisa's parents are very busy with their careers and, while providing the material necessities, give her little of their time. Jenny's mother has trouble supporting the two of them with her job, but they are very close and spend all their free time together. Regarding the social support offered by the parents of these two girls, it is probable that:
A. Jenny benefits more from social support B. Lisa benefits more from social support, because two parents provide a larger social grouping than one C. both would have about the same social support from their families D. both girls would have to go outside the family for the majority of their social support
Angel is 8 years old, but on intelligence tests, she scores at the level typical of 10-year-olds. Using the formula developed by Lewis Terman, Angel would have an IQ of:
a. 80 b. 100 c. 102 d. 125
If a personality test measures consistently every time it is given, we say that the test is
a. valid. b. reliable. c. projective. d. objective.