When Medication and Talking Psychotherapy Proves to Be Ineffective in Treating

question 26

Multiple Choice

When medication and talking psychotherapy proves to be ineffective in treating Cameron's depression,doctors choose to use another approach.Cameron most likely ____.

• A) is hypnotized and given the posthypnotic suggestion to "be happy."
• B) is isolated for six hours a day without any visual, auditory, taste, smell, or touch sensations
• C) has an electrical current passed through his brain, inducing convulsions
• D) has part of his substantia nigra removed

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Definitions:

Ability

A person's level of competence in or aptitude for a particular task or range of tasks.

Clairvoyance

The claimed ability to gain information about an object, person, location, or physical event through extrasensory perception.

Telepathy

The alleged transmission of ideas or thoughts through channels beyond the traditional senses.

Precognition

The purported capability of foreseeing future events or having knowledge about them before they take place.