Current Results from Brain Imaging Studies

question 55

Multiple Choice

Current results from brain imaging studies

• A)are useful in diagnosing psychopathology.
• B)indicate that most disorders affect only a tiny portion of the brain.
• C)suggest that most psychopathology is due to deficits in the frontal lobe.
• D)are not strong enough for these methods to be used in diagnosing psychopathology.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A method of learning that happens by linking an environmental stimulus with a naturally occurring stimulus.

Cognitive Processes

The mental actions or processes involved in acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

Discrimination

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex, often examined within social psychology and sociology.

Generalization

A principle in psychology that refers to the tendency of a response that is learned to one stimulus to be elicited by similar but distinct stimuli.