Benzodiazepines, or "minor" tranquilizers such as Valium and Librium, are effective in reducing the symptoms of

A. depression.
B. anxiety.
C. schizophrenia.
D. hysteria.


Answer: B

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A primary role of the ventral prefrontal cortex seems to be

a. assessing the personal significance of environmental events. b. making social judgments. c. thinking logically about future events. d. translating emotional reactions into appropriate feelings and actions. e. assessing sexual arousal.

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Three-year-old Toni and her family got a new Yorkie puppy last week

The puppy's name is Maxine and it weighs only 2 pounds. Her neighbors also got a new puppy, but they got a large-breed St. Bernard. When Toni went to her neighbors' home to visit their puppy, who weighed 15 pounds at only 8 weeks of age, Toni refused to believe it was actually a puppy. Toni was demonstrating _____ a) an underextension error. b) a misuse of telegraphic speech. c) an overextension error. d) a phonemic error.

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The World-Will-End-on-June-7 group got together on June 7 to pray as the world ended. The next day the world did not end. The leader of the group said, "Our prayers saved the world." What process was responsible for the attitude change?

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