In the textbook example, a young man of the Xhosa culture of South Africa, who was said to have "ifufunyane," was later diagnosed with schizophrenia by a psychiatrist. The young man
a. got much better when he took the antipsychotic drugs.
b. got much better when he was treated with traditional herbs.
c. got much better when he was treated with a combination of antipsychotic drugs and traditional herbs.
d. never got better since he was shunned by his family.
C
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Your textbook notes that there is a correlation between a woman's tendency to be anxious and the amount of menstrual pain that she reports. What conclusion should you draw from this information?
a. Women who are anxious are more likely to exaggerate the amount of menstrual pain that they experience, in comparison to women who are low in anxiety. b. Women who experience a high level of menstrual pain are likely to become more anxious than other women. c. There must be some other variable that can explain this relationship, rather than a direct correlation between anxiety and menstrual pain. d. Women who are low in anxiety are likely to experience a low amount of menstrual pain.
What is NOT one of the ways psychologists may bring psychological knowledge to the attention of legislative bodies as discussed in the text?
A. Providing expert testimony at legislative hearings B. Lobbying C. Publishing articles in political science journals D. Placing psychologists on legislative staffs
The form of behavioral therapy in which an undesirable behavior is paired with an unpleasant stimulus to reduce the frequency of the behavior is called __________
a) token economy. b) operant conditioning. c) aversion therapy. d) participant modeling.
What disease occurs in malnourished infants in which their bodies stop growing, muscles atrophy, and they become lethargic?
a. failure to thrive b. human growth hormone deficiency c. marasmus d. progeria