Joe Is Suffering from a Severe Anxiety Disorder

question 82

Multiple Choice

Joe is suffering from a severe anxiety disorder. His psychiatrist prescribes a medication that has been found in many research studies to help reduce anxiety. Joe takes the medication, but his anxiety level does not improve at all. Since the anxiety medication did not work, Joe concludes that his psychiatrist must be wrong and he must be suffering from some other disorder. The problem with Joe's conclusion is that he is failing to consider the

• A) patient uniformity myth.
• B) internal validity of the research studies.
• C) lack of clinical significance of many research findings.
• D) external validity of the prior research.

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Definitions:

Visual Cortex

The part of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information, located in the back of the brain.

Thalamus

A part of the brain that acts as a relay station, transmitting information between different areas of the brain.

Visual System

The visual system is the part of the central nervous system that enables organisms to process visual detail, including the eyes, optic nerves, and brain regions involved in visual perception.

Absolute Threshold

The minimum intensity of a stimulus that one can detect half the time.