Which of the following DOES NOT describe functions of the autonomic nervous system?
a. It operates without conscious direction.
b. It transmits messages between the central nervous system and sensory organs and muscles. c. It consists of the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems.
d. It regulates involuntary bodily processes. e. It regulates respiration.
b
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According to the authors of your text, the hindsight bias is
a. the tendency for people to exaggerate how much they could have predicted an outcome after knowing that it occurred. b. the level of agreement between two or more people who independently observe and code a set of data. c. a form of the observational method in which the researcher examines the accumulated documents of a culture. d. the extent to which results of a study can be generalized to other situations and to other people.
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Travis suffers from acute major depressive episodes. He does not respond to therapeutic drugs and has been spotted pacing along the bridge near his home. Travis recently gave his therapist a favorite family heirloom. His psychiatrist is concerned about his suicidal ideation and is considering ______________ due to the ineffectiveness of the current treatment and the severity of Travis' symptoms.
a. electroconvulsive shock therapy b. frontal lobotomy c. insulin shock therapy d. hypnosis