Between the 1950s and 1990s, the mental hospital population
across the United States has ______.
a. increased dramatically
b. remained relatively the same
c. increased the number of female patients while decreasing the number of male patients
d. decreased dramatically
D
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Individuals who have experienced severe trauma or victimization may experience debilitating anxiety reactions months and years after the actual traumatic experience. For example, disaster victims or war veterans often have their first symptoms many months after the actual events. These patients are diagnosed as suffering from
a. generalized anxiety. c. post-traumatic stress disorder. b. neurosis. d. acute distress disorder.
Children with very high IQs tend to experience an initial acceleration of growth in gray matter followed by ______ by early adolescence
a. a rapid loss of neurons c. a rapid loss of synapses b. a rapid gain of neurons d. a rapid gain of synapses
In a laboratory, smokers are asked to drive using a computerized driving simulator and cover the maximum distance possible, while avoiding rear-end collisions
Some volunteers are given a real cigarette to smoke immediately before the test. Others smoke a fake cigarette without nicotine. The number of collisions the two groups make is to be compared. The control group in this scenario consists of ________. a. volunteers who smoke real cigarettes. b. volunteers who smoke fake cigarettes. c. all the experimenters. d. all the volunteers.
The major difference between counterconditioning and flooding is that counterconditioning
a. is based on the concept of extinction. b. exposes the client to a hierarchy of feared stimuli under relaxed conditions. c. is not used by behavior therapists. d. repeatedly pairs a pleasant stimulus with the fear-evoking stimulus.