What is the average length of time for the treatment of major depressive disorder using electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?

What will be an ideal response?


2 to 4 weeks

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Animals are predisposed to associate shock and nausea with which types of stimuli? a. They associate shock with social stimuli and nausea with physical stimuli

b. They associate shock with physical stimuli and nausea with social stimuli. c. They associate shock with lights and sounds and they associate nausea with tastes. d. They associate shock with tastes and they associate nausea with lights and sounds.

Psychology

If we find that a test’s test-retest correlation coefficient is less than .70, we may conclude that . . .

a. Experimenter bias is a problem b. The test lacks adequate reliability c. Both of the above d. Neither of the above

Psychology

Which person probably possesses the highest level of skill in interpreting nonverbal cues?

a) Warren, a physiological psychologist b) Wilma, a 27-year-old college student c) Will, a 27-year veteran city police officer d) Willis, a 10-year-old who is in the fifth grade

Psychology

Which of the following have educators suggested as a strategy for increasing the stage-environment fit for middle and junior high school students?

A) Schedule regular advisory sessions for teachers to know individual students better. B) Encourage students to pursue performance-oriented goals in the classroom. C) Ask teachers to use individual assessments of students' abilities rather than group work. D) Give educators more control of the classroom decisions.

Psychology