You are watching a television documentary that shows a patient who is undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). If this documentary is depicting treatment in the 1930s, you should conclude that
a. the patient is being treated for severe depression that has not responded to medication.
b. the patient is being treated for epilepsy.
c. the doctor is using a form of aversion therapy to reduce compulsive behaviors in a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
d. the patient is being treated for schizophrenia.
D
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a. decreased activity. b. increased activity. c. decreased activity in some PFC regions and increased activity in others. d. decreased activity in patients with depressive disorder and increased activity in patients with bipolar depression.
Ron is in the "bad guys" high school crowd. He is MOST likely to want to model the _____ group member.
a) sweetest b) oldest c) smartest d) most antisocial