Radiation is used to destroy specific brain areas in a type of psychosurgery called
A. cingulotomy.
B. transcranial magnetic stimulation.
C. gamma knife surgery.
D. prefrontal lobotomy.
Answer: C
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Which organization establishes the ethical guidelines for research conducted by psychologists?
a. ?American Medical Foundation b. ?American Civil Liberties Union c. ?American Psychological Association d. ?Society of Psychological Scientists
Artificial lighting, hectic schedules, smoking, and drinking are factors that have
a. led to the development of narcolepsy in younger people. b. led to an increase in lucid dreaming. c. contributed to a near epidemic of sleep problems. d. resulted in the abnormal occurrence of hypnic jerks during sleep.
In an experiment, the researcher was unintentionally talkative to one of the participant groups. What best describes the threat to internal validity and why is it a threat?
a. Randomness, since being talkative can make this particular group more relaxed and better able to perform. b. Participant-maturation interaction, since being friendly to one group can introduce a confound. c. History, since this unintended interaction was not part of the independent variable, a confound was introduced. d. Testing, since the other group might feel cheated for being treated more formally by the researcher, and this introduces counterbalancing.
According to the article The Nose Knows about the ability of mothers to detect the scent of their babies, in the main study where mothers and non mothers tried to recognize several odors _____ performed above the chance level
(a) mothers, but only when detecting infant scent (b) non-mothers, but only with lotion scents (c) mothers and non-mothers, but only with infant scent (d) mothers and non-mothers with all scents