What Causes Some People to Become Nearsighted (Myopic) or Farsighted

question 89

Multiple Choice

What causes some people to become nearsighted (myopic) or farsighted?

• A) differences in the width of the pupil
• B) differences in the shape of the eyeball
• C) differences in the location of the optic nerve
• D) differences in the proportion of rods and cones

Understand the reasons why courts may deny the use of hypnosis in cases involving dissociative amnesia.

Identify and differentiate among various dissociative disorders such as dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue, and dissociative identity disorder.

Recognize the prevalence of amnesia claims in criminal cases, specifically in homicide.

Describe the characteristics of depersonalization/derealization disorder.

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Definitions:

Personality

The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character and behavioral patterns.

Psychodynamic Theory

A psychological perspective that emphasizes the systematic study of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior, feelings, and emotions and how they might relate to early experience.

Social-Cognitive Learning Theory

A theory that emphasizes the importance of observational learning, imitation, and modeling in acquiring new behaviors, attitudes, and emotional reactions.

Humanist Theory

A psychological perspective that emphasizes the study of the whole person and the uniqueness of each individual's experience.