In Some Experiments on the Pain of Being Rejected, Participants

question 13

Multiple Choice

In some experiments on the pain of being rejected, participants played a ball-tossing game while their brains were being scanned in an fMRI. Those excluded during the game showed increased activity in areas of the brain involved in the experience of pain. However, when they were given __________, these regions did not show heightened activity.

• A) Tylenol prior to the playing the game
• B) a placebo prior to the playing the game
• C) a positive feedback on a personality test prior to playing the game
• D) a complement by the experimenter prior to playing the game

Identify systematic errors in observations and their impact on behavioral assessment accuracy.

Understand the role of behavior rating scales and who can complete them.

Understand the concept and importance of behavioral assessment.

Identify and explain the advantages of direct methods of behavioral assessment.

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