You Are Listening to a Radio Talk Show and You

question 125

Multiple Choice

You are listening to a radio talk show and you hear the terms "hyperactivity" and "ADD," but with your knowledge of abnormal psychology you know that these two terms now referred to in DSM-IV-TR as

• A) hyperkinesis.
• B) hyperactivity/impulsivity disorder.
• C) attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
• D) soft neurological syndrome.

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Definitions:

Relative Height

In the field of perception, it refers to the concept that objects closer to the horizon in our field of vision appear further away than objects further from the horizon, aiding in depth perception.

Trichromatic Theory

A theory of color vision that proposes three types of color receptors in the eye sense, which perceive color through the relative rates of response by three types of cones, each one sensitive to different wavelengths of light.

Opponent Process Theory

A psychological and neurological model that explains how humans perceive colors as the result of the operation of opposing neural processes.

Receptive Field

The specific area in the visual world that stimulates a neuron in the sensory system.