The onset of conversion disorder symptoms is usually
a) sudden and related to a stressful situation.
b) gradual and subtle.
c) not associated with psychological distress.
d) preceded by a period of physical illness.
a
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Alfred Binet and Theophile Simon developed the first intelligence test in 1905 in response to a request by the French government to identify
a. men fit for the military. b. extraordinarily gifted individuals. c. civil service personnel needing further training. d. children in need of special educational services.
In a study of how memory processes unfold over time, as described in the textbook, a team of researchers asked participants to retrieve autobiographical memories while undergoing fMRI scans. Researchers found that
a. the same brain areas that are most active during encoding are most active during retrieval. b. as elaboration takes place, areas responsible for encoding become more and more active than those for retrieval. c. early in the process, before participants elaborated their memories, structures like the hippocampus were active. d. psychological models of encoding and retrieval apparently are unrelated to processes in the brain.