In Summarizing the Research on Frontal Lobe Deficiency, One Could

question 66

Multiple Choice

In summarizing the research on frontal lobe deficiency, one could interpret the research of Lara Davidson (2003) as suggesting that

• A) frontal brain impairment probably affects some patients with schizophrenia, but the impairment is not a necessary part of the syndrome.
• B) frontal brain impairment probably affects very few patients with schizophrenia, and is not a necessary part of the syndrome.
• C) frontal brain impairment probably affects all patients with schizophrenia, and is a necessary part of the syndrome.
• D) an abnormally working frontal brain does not appear to be related at all to the symptoms presented by patients with schizophrenia.
• E) only the positive symptoms of the illness reflect an abnormally working frontal brain.

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Definitions:

Oedipus

In psychoanalytic theory, a complex of emotions aroused in a young child, typically around the age of 4, by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and a wish to exclude the parent of the same sex.

Electra Complex

In Freudian psychoanalytic theory, a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.

Identification

Defense mechanism in which a person tries to become like someone else to deal with anxiety.

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic theory in which a child has an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and hostility toward the same-sex parent.