According to the New York Longitudinal Study,an infant with colic would probably not be classified as _____ because the crying is out of the child's control.

Unilateral ECT produces ________ side effects and is ________ effective than traditional ECT.

A) fewer; much more
B) more; much less
C) more; slightly more
D) fewer; slightly less

What happens when a self-fulfilling prophecy occurs?

A) People interpret information in a way that confirms their existing schemas.
B) A person's high expectations for themselves lead to an expansion of their self-concept.
C) Initially false expectations lead to the fulfilment of those expectations.
D) A person with a psychiatric disorder is able to see events which no one else can see.

Awareness and arousal are associated with different parts of the brain.Awareness involves the _____, whereas arousal is determined by the _____.

A) amygdala/hippocampus
B) hippocampus/corpus callosum
C) corpus callosum/hippocampus
D) prefrontal cortex/reticular activating system

Which of the following disorders was more common in Freud's day than it is today?

A) depression
B) anorexia nervosa
C) conversion disorder
D) dissociative identity disorder

The six outer layers of the brain,involved in feeling,thinking,and sensing,are referred to as the "_____."

In addition to its role in motor behaviour acetylcholine has been suggested to be involved in attention, arousal, learning and memory and its degeneration related to Alzheimer's disease. Given what you have learned about the brain, in what structure would you expect to find a high percentage of acetylcholine receptors?

A) pons
B) hypothalamus
C) hippocampus
D) thalamus