Lydia Tan has been living with her paranoid schizophrenic husband on an isolated farm for so long that she has come to accept his irrational beliefs. When she visits her sister, her delusions weaken. Mrs. Tan's condition is called ____
a. schizophreniform disorder
b. Capgras delusion
c. schizoaffective disorder
d. shared psychotic delusion
d
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A. focus mainly on the physiological bases of health and illness B. emphasize the whole person and quality of life in understanding health C. highlight the importance of perceiving meaning and purpose in life D. have given way to newer illness approaches
Which of the following statements is true regarding drug therapies for intermittent explosive disorder?
A. Mood stabilizers are not effective in reducing aggression in individuals with this disorder. B. Within the United States and Canada, there are no effective pharmacological treatments for intermittent explosive disorder. C. Serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors reduce aggression in individuals with this disorder. D. Traditional antipsychotic medications, such as Haldol and Mellaril, are used extensively to treat this disorder.
Skeletal muscle comprises actin and myosin myofibrils repeated as a
a) sarcomere b) fibre c) section d) motor unit
The stimulus that automatically gives rise to a response is called the ________ stimulus.
A) unconditioned B) conditioned C) conditioned response D) reinforcer