In response to the widespread use of lobotomies, psychosurgery was banned in the United States in the 1970s
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Answer: False
Rationale: While frontal lobotomies are no longer preformed, safer types of psychosurgery are still used today to treat severe psychological disorders.
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Which of the following statements about the psychoanalytic perspective and the development of morality is true?
A) Freud believed that young children form a superego by internalizing the other-sex parent's moral standards. B) Most researchers today agree with Freud's view of conscience development. C) In Freud's theory, fear of punishment and loss of parental love motivate moral behavior. D) Freud believed that moral development is largely complete by 10 to 12 years of age.
Zip McMasterson is in a hurry to complete his research on the effects of stimulant consumption on driving behaviors
He decides that he could give 6 cups of coffee to drivers from a local defensive driving class and observe the students' reactions during their behind-the-wheel test. To insure that he is using good science, Zip plans on using decaffeinated coffee with one group and regular coffee with the other. Being that he personally knows the teacher of the class, he arrives the next day with two large containers of coffee and began to administer it to the class. What did Zip forget to do? a. Provide participants with an informed consent form. b. Receive certification from his universities' IRB. c. He should have used a within-subjects design. d. Both a & b. e. All of the above.