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leo leo

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The current emphasis on using brain imaging procedures with patients suffering from schizophrenia is based on the belief that such procedures
 
  a. can assist with diagnosis.
  b. might help identify the neuropathology that causes schizophrenia.
  c. allow us to determine which medication will be of greatest benefit to the patients.
  d. will show that schizophrenia is actually a form of split personality.

Question 2

According to the social selection hypothesis, the rate of schizophrenia is higher in the lower classes in the United States because
 
  a. the stresses of living in poverty trigger schizophrenic symptoms.
  b. poor health care and nutrition trigger schizophrenic symptoms.
  c. schizophrenics are less able to find or hold good jobs.
  d. only poor schizophrenics are labeled as mentally ill.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: b.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c.



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