A technique known as prefrontal lobotomy
a. earned a Nobel prize for Ugo Cerletti.
b. caused many patients to cease displaying emotional reactions.
c. is widely used today for a wide range of disorders.
d. was often used in conjunction with electroconvulsive therapy.
b
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As described in the text, psychological models of abnormal behavior based on classical conditioning were useful in developing explanations of
a. personality disorders. b. phobias. c. schizophrenia. d. depression. e. self-actualization.
A psychology professor wanted to describe the adolescents in her state in terms of the personality characteristic of introversion/ extroversion. She selects a sample and measures their scores on a test of introversion/extroversion. The measure of variability she should calculate is
a. the estimated population standard deviation, because she wants to make inferences about the population based on her sample. b. the sample standard deviation, because she has measured a sample, not the entire population. c. the population standard deviation, because the sample she selected is representative of the population. d. the range, because the dependent variable is an ordinal measurement scale.
Which of the following actions will a hypnotized person probably NOT act out?
a. cluck like a chicken b. smell ammonia and act like it is a wonderful perfume c. take off his or her clothes in front of an audience d. sing a popular song in front of an audience
Acute stress disorder can occur 6 months after the event and tends to persist
Indicate whether the statement is true or false