Which of the following is a characteristic of many schizophrenics?
A. less frontal lobe activity during cognitive tasks
B. smaller than normal ventricles in the brain
C. increased numbers of cell bodies of neurons
D. lower levels of dopamine in the limbic system
A. less frontal lobe activity during cognitive tasks
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a. categorical disease constructs b. dimensional characteristics of human functioning c. neuroimaging and behavioral neuroscience d. projective personality testing
Which of the following is NOT one of Csikszentmihalyi's recommendations about how to become more creative?
a. Try to surprise at least one person every day. b. Make a commitment not to worry about doing things well. c. Start doing more of what you really enjoy and less of what you dislike. d. Try to look at problems from as many viewpoints as you can.
A teratogenic sensitive period is the time when
a. developmental enhancements are likely to occur. b. a body organ is most vulnerable to teratogenic injury. c. the pregnant mother reacts strongly to emotional crises. d. odors from the pregnant mother elicit protective actions by family pets.
Meyer and Schvaneveldt discovered that people can more quickly classify the letters BUTTER as a word when it is preceded by the
a. word NURSE. c. the nonword NART. b. word BREAD. d. the nonword TRIEF.