An unusual state called “waxy flexibility” is sometimes observed in______schizophrenia.

Related Mcqs:

1. The study of unusual events is to _________________as information from a large number of people is to:

   A. clinical method; naturalistic
   B. correlational method: survey method
   C. experimental method: naturalistic observation
   D. clinical method; survey method

2. After he suffered a stroke, Mr. Salim’s physical coordination skills and responsiveness to sensory stimulation quickly returned to normal unfortunately, however, he began to experience unusual difficulty figuring out how to find his way to various locations in his neighborhood. it most likely that Mr. Salim suffered damage to his:

   A. cerebellum
   B. autonomic nervous system
   C. thalamus
   D. association areas

3. In order to understand the unusual behavior of an adult client, a clinical psychologist has carefully investigated the client’s current life situation and his physical, social-cultural, educational history which research method has the psychologist employed?

   A. the case study
   B. the survey
   C. naturalistic observation
   D. correlational research

4. One of the following is sometimes inappropriately called luteotropic hormone:

   A. Follicle stimulating hormone
   B. Luteinizing hormone
   C. Prolactin
   D. None of these

5. Which of the following do MPDs sometimes display when switching personalities?

   A. physical differences
   B. speech differences
   C. both
   D. None of these

6. Phobias are now sometimes treated with benzodiazepines (rather than barbiturates). Which of the following is not a side – effect of taking benzodiazepines?

   A. Ataxia
   B. Wakefulness
   C. Drowsiness
   D. confusion

7. When two groups of participants were each shown a different set of results based on a experiment with rats, both groups reported that the results shown to them were obvious outcomes. This suggests that sometimes things appear to be more obvious than they should. Which cognitive phenomenon can explain this effect?

   A. Hindsight bias
   B. Intuition
   C. Availability heuristic
   D. Conditional reasoning

8. Sometimes the visual information available to us about a stimulus is ambiguous because of differences in depth, lighting or shading cues. For example, patterns of shading can create the illusion of objects as protruding from a visual field. How do we make sense of the visual information to recognize ambiguous stimuli?

   A. Visual system relies on other people’s Knowledge of objects to identify ambiguous stimuli
   B. Visual information about protruding objects is impossible to process
   C. Visual system relies on assumptions about the physical world to identify ambiguous stimuli
   D. Both (a) and (c)

9. The term______and learning sometimes are used synonymously:

   A. Development
   B. Significance
   C. Maturation
   D. Stimulation

10. In an effort to prevent participants in an experiment from trying to confirm the researchers’ predictions, psychologists sometimes:

    A. treat information about individual participants confidentially
    B. deceive participants about the true purpose of an experiment
    C. allow subjects to pick whether they are in the experimental or control group
    D. allow people to decide for themselves whether they want to participate in an experiment